transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈspend ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French suspendre, from Latin suspendere, from sub-, sus- up + pendere to cause to hang, weigh
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
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. : to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information
suspend judgment
suspend disbelief
5.
a. : hang ; especially : to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support
suspend a ball by a thread
b. : to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support (as buoyancy)
dust suspend ed in the air
c. : to put or hold in suspension
suspend ed sediment
6.
a. : to keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation)
b. : to keep waiting in suspense or indecision
7. : to hold (a musical note) over into the following chord
intransitive verb
1. : to cease operation temporarily
2. : to stop payment or fail to meet obligations
3. : hang
Synonyms: see defer