verb
1 delay sth
ADVERB
▪ immediately
▪ indefinitely
▪ temporarily
▪
Funding for the new building has been temporarily ~ed.
▪ effectively
VERB + SUSPEND
▪ agree to , decide to , vote to
▪
They have decided to ~ production at the country's biggest plant.
▪ threaten to
▪ be forced to
PHRASES
▪ the power to ~ sth
▪
They have the power to ~ subsidy payments.
2 stop sb from working, going to school, etc.
ADVERB
▪ automatically , formally ( esp. BrE )
▪
The players will be automatically ~ed.
▪ indefinitely , permanently
▪ temporarily
VERB + SUSPEND
▪ threaten to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
We both got ~ed for fighting.
▪ from
▪
The girls had been ~ed from school for five days.
▪ pending
▪
She was ~ed pending the outcome of the police investigation.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed on full pay ( BrE )
▪
She has been ~ed on full pay following a disciplinary hearing.
▪ be ~ed with pay , be ~ed without pay
Suspend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ activity , ↑ aid , ↑ congress , ↑ constitution , ↑ disbelief , ↑ execution , ↑ flight , ↑ industrial action , ↑ judgement , ↑ licence , ↑ parliament , ↑ payment , ↑ relation , ↑ sentence , ↑ service , ↑ shipment , ↑ talk , ↑ writ