suspend meaning
UK /səˈspɛnd/ US /səˈspɛnd/ 2 syllables
suspend has 6 meanings in this dictionary.
suspend as a verb
- hang freely
- The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them
Type of: hang
Kinds: dangle
Related forms: suspension, suspender
- cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
- suspend the particles
Type of: change
Kinds: resuspend
Related forms: suspension
- bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Synonyms: debar
Type of: expel
Kinds: send down
Related forms: suspension
- 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
- make inoperative or stop
- suspend payments on the loan
Synonyms: set aside
Type of: change
- 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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