suspend meaning

UK /səˈspɛnd/ US /səˈspɛnd/ 2 syllables

suspend (verb): hang freely.

suspend has 6 meanings in this dictionary.

suspend as a verb

  1. hang freely
    • The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them

    Type of: hang

    Kinds: dangle

    Related forms: suspension, suspender

  2. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
    • suspend the particles

    Type of: change

    Kinds: resuspend

    Related forms: suspension

  3. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

    Synonyms: debar

    Type of: expel

    Kinds: send down

    Related forms: suspension

  4. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
    • Suspend the aid to the war-torn country

    Synonyms: freeze

    Type of: interrupt

    Related forms: suspension

  5. make inoperative or stop
    • suspend payments on the loan

    Synonyms: set aside

    Type of: change

  6. render temporarily ineffective
    • the prison sentence was suspended

    Type of: postpone

How to pronounce suspend

suspend is pronounced /səˈspɛnd/ in British English and /səˈspɛnd/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with suspend

Scrabble score: 10 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SU · words ending in ND · 7-letter words

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