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   suspense

   /səˈspɛns/

   noun

   • 1. a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen: "come on, Fran, don't keep me in suspense!"
   • ▪ a quality in a work of fiction that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen: "a tale of mystery and suspense"
   • 2. the temporary cessation or suspension of something.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French suspens ‘abeyance’, based on Latin suspensus ‘suspended, hovering, doubtful’, past participle of suspendere (see suspend).

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUSPENSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear. The England manager will end the suspense at a team meeting tomorrow. ...a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale. 2. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   The meaning of SUSPENSE is the state of being suspended : suspension. How to use suspense in a sentence.

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   Suspense definition: a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.. See examples of SUSPENSE used in a sentence.

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   a feeling of worry or excitement that you have when you feel that something is going to happen, somebody is going to tell you some news, etc. Don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what happened! I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer. Don't look at the end of the book yet—you'll break the suspense.

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   Suspense is a feeling of excited waiting. If you have been waiting for weeks to get an answer to your proposal of marriage, you are being kept in suspense.

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   SUSPENSE definition: the feeling of excitement that you have when you are waiting for something to happen: . Learn more.

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    Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear. 2. See keep sb in suspense [...]