Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: suspend
IPA transcription: [səsp'ɛnd]
Pronunciations of suspend
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: suspend
    Meaning: hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
  • Synonyms: suspend
    Meaning: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
  • Synonyms: suspend, debar
    Meaning: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
  • Synonyms: freeze, suspend
    Meaning: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
  • Synonyms: suspend, set_aside
    Meaning: make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
Usage examples
  • Kitty's youth would shore up the debacle, suspend it indefinitely.
  • You will suspend judgment, you will say nothing, you will keep my secret, until you have been with me three times at the place where I am now taking you."
  • The name, like a sudden spark of electric fire, seemed for a moment to suspend his faculties--for a moment he was transfixed; but recovering, he caught Belcour's hand, and cried--"Stop! stop!
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Queen Victoria, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording African Union, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hereditary peer, License CC BY-SA 4.0