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Meaning of suspend in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /səˈspɛnd/

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  1. Verb

    suspend

    Etymology

    Middle English: from Old French suspendre or Latin suspendere, from sub-‘from below’ + pendere‘hang’

    Definitions

    1. hang freely

    Examples

    • « The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them »
  2. 2. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

    Examples

    • « suspend the particles »
  3. 3. bar temporarily

    Examples

    • « from school, office, etc. »
  4. 4. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

    Examples

    • « Suspend the aid to the war-torn country »
  5. 5. make inoperative or stop

    Examples

    • « suspend payments on the loan »
  6. 6. as of a prison sentence

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