suspend
/səsˈpɛnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To halt something temporarily.
verb
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
verb
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
verb
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
Example Sentences
- "The meeting was suspended for lunch."
- "Suspend your indignation against my brother."
- "The guard nor fights nor flies; their fate so near / At once suspends their courage and their fear."
- "Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...]."
- "Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link."
- "“Essentially everything Miller says about suspending habeas corpus – which would eliminate the ability of the courts to rule on immigration matters – is wrong,” CNN senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig said. […] The Constitution only allows habeas corpus to be suspended when “in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”"
Etymology
From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.