transcription, транскрипция: [ səspend ]
( suspends, suspending, suspended)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there’s adequate protection for relief convoys.
VERB : V n
2.
If someone is suspended , they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them.
Julie was suspended from her job shortly after the incident...
The Lawn Tennis Association suspended Mr Castle from the British team.
VERB : be V-ed , V n
3.
If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place.
...a mobile of birds or nursery rhyme characters which could be suspended over the cot.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed