Definitions for suspend
səˈspɛndsus·pend

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. suspendverb

   hang freely

   "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"

2. suspendverb

   cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

   "suspend the particles"

3. suspend, debarverb

   bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

4. freeze, suspendverb

   stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

   "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

5. suspend, set asideverb

   make inoperative or stop

   "suspend payments on the loan"

6. suspendverb

   render temporarily ineffective

   "the prison sentence was suspended"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suspendverb

   To halt something temporarily

2. suspendverb

   To hang freely; underhang

3. suspendverb

   To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Suspendverb

   Etymology: suspendre, French; suspendo, Latin.

   1. To hang; to make to hang by any thing.

   As ’twixt two equal armies fate
   Suspends uncertain victory;
   Our souls, which to advance our state,
   Were gone out, hung ’twixt her and me. John Donne.

   It is reported by Ruffinus, that in the temple of Serapis, there was an iron chariot suspended by loadstones; which stones removed, the chariot fell and was dashed to pieces. Brown.

   2. To make to depend upon.

   God hath in the scripture suspended the promise of eternal life upon this condition, that without obedience and holiness of life no man shall ever see the Lord. John Tillotson.

   3. To interrupt; to make to stop for a time.

   The harmony
   Suspended hell, and took with ravishment
   The thronging audience. John Milton.

   The guard nor fights nor flies; their fate so near,
   At once suspends their courage and their fear. John Denham.

   This is the hinge on which turns the liberty of intellectual beings, in their steady prosecution of true felicity, that they can suspend this prosecution in particular cases, till they have looked before them. John Locke.

   4. To delay; to hinder from proceeding.

   Suspend your indignation against my brother, till you can derive from him better testimony of his intent. William Shakespeare.

   His answer did the nymph attend;
   Her looks, her sighs, her gestures all did pray him;
   But Godfrey wisely did his grant suspend,
   He doubts the worst, and that a while did stay him. Edward Fairfax.

   To themselves I left them;
   For I suspend their doom. John Milton.

   The reasons for suspending the play were ill founded. Dryden.

   The British dame, famed for resistless grace,
   Contends not now but for the second place;
   Our love suspended, we neglect the fair,
   For whom we burn’d, to gaze adoring here. George Granville.

   A man may suspend his choice from being determined for or against the thing proposed, till he has examined whether it be really of a nature to make him happy or no. John Locke.

   5. To debar for a time from the execution of an office or enjoyment of a revenue.

   Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry, and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies, which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. Robert Sanderson.

   The bishop of London was summoned for not suspending Dr. Sharp. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suspend

   Sleep mode (or suspend to RAM) is a low power mode for electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices. These modes save significantly on electrical consumption compared to leaving a device fully on and, upon resume, allow the user to avoid having to reissue instructions or to wait for a machine to reboot. Many devices signify this power mode with a pulsed or red colored LED power light.

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1. suspend

   To suspend generally refers to the act of temporarily stopping, delaying, or halting something. It can be applied in various contexts, such as suspending a rule, a person from a job or school, a service, or even a physical object in air. This stop or delay can be either for a definitive period or indefinitely, until certain conditions are met.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suspendnoun

   to attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone

2. Suspendnoun

   to make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life

3. Suspendnoun

   to cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay

4. Suspendnoun

   to hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion

5. Suspendnoun

   to debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club

6. Suspendnoun

   to cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body

7. Suspendnoun

   to support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action

8. Suspendverb

   to cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank)

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suspend

   sus-pend′, v.t. to hang one thing beneath another: to make to depend on: to make to stop for a time: to delay: to debar from any privilege, office, emolument, &c. for a time.—ns. Suspen′ded-animā′tion, the temporary cessation of the outward signs and of some of the functions of life—due to asphyxia, drowning, strangulation; Suspen′der, one who, or that which, suspends, one of a pair of straps crossing the shoulders to support the trousers; Suspense′, state of being suspended: act of withholding the judgment: uncertainty: indecision: stop betwixt two opposites; Suspensibil′ity, susceptibility of being suspended.—adj. Suspen′sible, capable of being suspended.—ns. Suspen′sion, act of suspending: interruption: delay: temporary privation of office or privilege: a conditional withholding; Suspen′sion-bridge, a bridge in which the roadway is supported by chains, which pass over elevated piers, and are secured below at each end.—adj. Suspen′sive.—adv. Suspen′sively.—n. Suspen′sor, a suspensory bandage.—adj. Suspensō′rial.—n. Suspensō′rium, that which holds up a part, esp. the arrangement joining the lower jaw to the cranium in vertebrates below mammals.—adj. Suspen′sory, that suspends: doubtful.—n. that which suspends: a bandage: having the effect of delaying or staying.—Suspend payment, to publicly stop paying debts from insolvency. [L. suspendĕre—sub, beneath, pendēre, pensum, to hang.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suspend

   To delay, to protract; hence, to suspend hostilities. It is likewise used to express the act of temporarily depriving an officer of rank and pay, in consequence of some offense. See Appendix, Articles of War, 101.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Chemistry
   • Defer
   • Expel
   • Hang
   • Interrupt

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suspend' in Verbs Frequency: #650

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Anagrams for suspend »

1. sends up

2. sendups

How to pronounce suspend?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say suspend in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suspend in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suspend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of suspend in a Sentence

1. Marco Rubio:

   All evidence is that they continue to provide these products which enabled these human rights abuses, whenever we receive proof of forced labor, we take action and suspend privileges to sell.

2. Victor Fernandez:

   A judge ordered the mayor's office to temporarily suspend the exhumation of the cadavers ... while he decides on an injunction we presented on behalf of the villagers, as we understand it, the exhumations have stopped.

3. Mathew Rosengart:

   It has been my honor to work with Britney Spears, to suspend Britney Spears father as conservator, to help Britney Spears gain Britney Spears freedom and dignity, and to help protect Britney Spears from the type of bullying Britney Spears endured in the past - and we will not tolerate bullying in any area.

4. Angel Paez:

   If humanitarian aid arrives and is prevented from entering, we will suspend the entry of government trucks too, if there aren't for the people, then there won't be for the government.

5. Deputy Information Minister Isaac Jackson:

   The President has directed the Minister of Justice to suspend the curfew for today, Dec. 31, to allow religious leaders, churches and other religious groups to allow the watch night services, traditional in Liberian society.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=suspend
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Suspend
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=suspend
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspend
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suspend
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=suspend
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=suspend