Search results
SUSPEND definition: 1. to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently: 2. If someone is…. Learn more.
1. : to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function. suspend a student from school. 2. a. : to cause to stop temporarily. suspend bus service. b. : to set aside or make temporarily inoperative. suspend the rules. 3. : to defer to a later time on specified conditions. suspend sentence. 4.
You can use the verb suspend any time you need to stop something. 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.
verb (used without object) to come to a stop, usually temporarily; cease from operation for a time. to stop payment; be unable to meet financial obligations. to hang or be suspended, as from another object: The chandelier suspends from the ceiling. to be suspended, as in a liquid, gas, etc. suspend. / səˈspɛnd / verb.
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.
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.
1. ( tr) to hang from above so as to permit free movement. 2. ( tr; passive) to cause to remain floating or hanging: a cloud of smoke was suspended over the town. 3. ( tr) to render inoperative or cause to cease, esp temporarily: to suspend interest payments.
suspend something to officially delay something; to arrange for something to happen later than planned The introduction of the new system has been suspended until next year. to suspend judgment (= delay forming or expressing an opinion)
The student was suspended from school. to keep in a mood or feeling of expectation or incompleteness; keep waiting in suspense: Finish the story; don't suspend us in midair.
SUSPEND meaning: 1. to stop something happening for a short time: 2. to hang something from somewhere: 3. to not…. Learn more.
