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