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When something is suspended, it is "left hanging;" it is neither in full operation nor permanently ended. Suspense is a state of uncertainty and maybe anxiety. When we watch a play or movie, we enjoy experiencing a "suspension of disbelief;" that is, we allow ourselves to believe we're watching reality, even though we aren't truly fooled.
to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently: The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. The country's president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends. v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. 2. To cause to stop for a period; interrupt: suspended the trial. 3. a. To hold in abeyance; defer: suspend judgment.
to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently: The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. The country's president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently: The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. The country's president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
debarred temporarily from exercising an office or privilege, usually as a form of discipline: Suspended students can come to our center for tutoring and counseling instead of just playing video games at home. deferred or postponed: Some defended the court’s suspended verdict, while others protested that “justice delayed is justice denied.” Music.
to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging: to suspend solid particles in a liquid. to hold or keep undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: to suspend one's judgment. to defer or postpone: to suspend sentence on a convicted person.
Whether it’s your judgment, a rule, or bus service, when you suspend it, you temporarily bring it to a halt. Suspend often describes stopping an activity for a while. A winter storm, for example, may suspend air travel until weather conditions improve.
suspend something to officially stop something for a time; to prevent something from being active, used, etc. for a time. Production has been suspended while safety checks are carried out. The constitution was suspended as the fighting grew worse.
adjective. (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment. “ suspended matter such as silt or mud...”. “dust particles suspended in the air”. synonyms: supported. held up or having the weight borne especially from below.