Suspend - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |səˈspend|  American pronunciation of the word suspend
Brit.  |səˈspend|  British pronunciation of the word suspend

verb

- hang freely
The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them
- cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
suspend the particles
- bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. (syn: debar)
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it (syn: freeze)
- make inoperative or stop (syn: set aside)
suspend payments on the loan
- render temporarily ineffective
the prison sentence was suspended

Extra examples

He was suspended from the team for missing too many practices.

The police officers were suspended without pay for their conduct.

The principal suspended the student from school for fighting.

The city suspended bus service during the storm.

The company was forced to suspend operations.

They have suspended the peace talks.

I advise suspending judgment until the investigation is over.

Her license to practice law was suspended.

We can suspend the rules just this once.

He's driving with a suspended license.

These monkeys can suspend from the branches by their tails.

The talks have been suspended.

He was suspended for two years for assaulting the referee.

Sales of the drug will be suspended until more tests are completed.

Talks between the two countries have now been suspended.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: suspend
he/she/it: suspends
present participle: suspending
past tense: suspended
past participle: suspended
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