suspend

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /səsˈpɛnd/ See IPA manual

Freq #12356

Meanings

1

verb
To stop something for a period of time before it continues again.

The meeting was suspended for lunch.
2

verb
To officially stop someone from a job, school, or activity for a time as a punishment.

The player was suspended for three games after the foul.
3

verb
To hang something so that it does not touch the ground.

They suspended the lamp from the ceiling with a long chain.
4

verb
To keep small particles floating evenly in a liquid or gas.

The dust was suspended in the still air of the old room.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to stop something for a... set aside

3 verb · to hang something so that... hang

Opposites

resume

Word family

Forms suspendedsuspendingsuspends

Related forms suspenderssuspension

Simplified etymology

Suspend entered English in the Middle English period. It combines the root found in Latin pendere with sub-, meaning “from below.”

Etymology

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

*(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Actions & Processes

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# suspend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /səsˈpɛnd/
**Frequency rank:** 12356

## Meanings
1. To stop something for a period of time before it continues again.
2. To officially stop someone from a job, school, or activity for a time as a punishment.
3. To hang something so that it does not touch the ground.
4. To keep small particles floating evenly in a liquid or gas.

## Examples
- The meeting was suspended for lunch.
- The player was suspended for three games after the foul.
- They suspended the lamp from the ceiling with a long chain.
- The dust was suspended in the still air of the old room.

## Antonyms
- resume

## Related Forms
- suspenders
- suspension

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)pend-

## Etymology
From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

## AI Etymology
Suspend is from Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere. In present-day use, it can mean to stop something for a period of time before it continues again, or to officially stop someone from a job, school, or activity for a time as a punishment.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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