suspend
[verb]
Synonyms:
- hang, attach, dangle
- postpone, cease, cut short, defer, discontinue, interrupt, put off, shelve

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Related Idioms: lay on the table, put on the shelf
Related Words: arrest, check, interrupt, cease, discontinue, stop

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sus‧pend AC /səˈspend/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: verb: suspend; noun: suspension]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: suspendre 'to hang up, interrupt', from Latin suspendere, from sub- 'up' + pendere 'to hang']

1. STOP to officially stop something from continuing, especially for a short time ⇒ suspension:
Sales of the drug will be suspended until more tests are completed.
Talks between the two countries have now been suspended.

2. LEAVE A SCHOOL/JOB to make someone leave their school or job for a short time, especially because they have broken the rules ⇒ suspension:
The two police officers have been suspended until an enquiry is carried out.
suspend somebody from something
Dave was suspended from school for a week.

3. HANG formal to attach something to a high place so that it hangs down
suspend something from something
A large light was suspended from the ceiling.
suspend something by something
He was suspended by his feet and beaten with metal bars.

4. suspend judgment to decide not to make a firm decision or judgment about something until you know more about it

5. suspend disbelief to try to believe that something is true, for example when you are watching a film or play

6. be suspended in something technical if something is suspended in a liquid or in air, it floats in it without moving

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

suspend
verb
ADV. immediately | indefinitely | temporarily Funding for the new building has been temporarily suspended.
effectively
VERB + SUSPEND agree to, decide to, vote to The government has decided to suspend production at the country's biggest lead plant.
threaten to | be forced to
PHRASES the power to suspend sth The EU should have the power to suspend subsidy payments to farmers who pollute the environment.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲