suspension

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /səˈspɛnʃən/ UK /səˈspɛnʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #8543

Meanings

1

noun
The act of officially stopping something for a time, or the period of this delay.

Bad weather forced the suspension of the football match.
2

noun
The punishment of barring a student or worker from school or work for a time.

He received a three-day suspension from school for fighting.
3

noun
The system of springs and shock absorbers that lets a vehicle ride smoothly.

The car's soft suspension made the bumpy road feel smooth.
4

noun
A mixture in which tiny solid particles float in a liquid without dissolving.

Stir the medicine well, as the powder forms a suspension in the water.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of officially... halt

More intermission interruption pause stop syncope

Word family

Forms suspensions

Derived forms biosuspensioncolposuspensioncryosuspensionnanosuspensionpresuspensionresuspensionsuspensionlessunsuspension

Related forms suspendsuspendablesuspendersuspense suspensefulsuspensefullysuspensefulnesssuspenselesssuspensersuspensivesuspensivelysuspensiveness

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suspension bridge
a bridge whose roadway hangs from cables secured at its ends

Noun + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.

*pendō Proto-Italic *(s)péndeti Proto-Indo-European

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# suspension

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səˈspɛnʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /səˈspɛnʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 8543

## Meanings
1. The act of officially stopping something for a time, or the period of this delay.
2. The punishment of barring a student or worker from school or work for a time.
3. The system of springs and shock absorbers that lets a vehicle ride smoothly.
4. A mixture in which tiny solid particles float in a liquid without dissolving.

## Examples
- Bad weather forced the suspension of the football match.
- He received a three-day suspension from school for fighting.
- The car's soft suspension made the bumpy road feel smooth.
- Stir the medicine well, as the powder forms a suspension in the water.

## Synonyms
- intermission
- interruption
- pause
- stop
- syncope

## Derived Forms
- biosuspension
- colposuspension
- cryosuspension
- nanosuspension
- presuspension
- resuspension
- suspensionless
- unsuspension

## Related Forms
- suspend
- suspendable
- suspender
- suspense
- suspenseful
- suspensefully
- suspensefulness
- suspenseless
- suspenser
- suspensive
- suspensively
- suspensiveness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pendō
- Root: *(s)péndeti

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.

## AI Etymology
Suspension is borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio. In present-day use, it can mean the act of officially stopping something for a time, or the period of this delay, or the punishment of barring a student or worker from school or work for a time. Derived formations include biosuspension, colposuspension, cryosuspension, nanosuspension, and presuspension.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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