suspend
Meaning
- To halt something temporarily.
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
- To hang freely; underhang.
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- (obsolete) To make to depend.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
- To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
Synonyms
hanging-up
hang down
ram down
hand up
be hanged
be interrupted
hang on hook
pull the plug on
sweep clean
wait awhile
give relief
hang down loosely
burst in on
cause to hang down
temporarily discontinued
break short
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/səsˈpɛnd/
Etymology
From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.
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