Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suspended

/səˈspɛndɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: sus-pend-ed
IPA: /səˈspɛndɪd/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

adj

Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

adj

Hung from above.

adj

Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.

adj

Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.

adj

A chemical suspension

adj

Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.

verb

simple past and past participle of suspend

Example Sentences

"There are already strong indications that the relatively high cost of one fully suspended motor with flexible drive to both bogie axles [...] is not much lower than the cost of two fully suspended motors; [...]."

Derived Forms

nonsuspended unsuspended

Phrases

nose-suspended suspended coffee suspended congress suspended hyphen suspended marriage suspended animation suspended chord suspended cymbal

Synonyms

abeyant dormant paused delayed

Rhymes With

intended recommended attended amended splendid tended pretended blended apprehended ascended commended unintended

Questions

How do you pronounce suspended?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈspɛndɪd/.
What does suspended mean?: Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

How to pronounce suspended

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