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How to pronounce suspend in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms freeze
Type of break, interrupt
Derivation suspension
Type Words
Synonyms set aside
Type of alter, modify, change


suspend payments on the loan.
Type Words
Synonyms debar
Type of kick out, expel, throw out
Has types rusticate, send down
Derivation suspension
Type Words
Type of alter, change, modify
Has types resuspend
Derivation suspension


suspend the particles.
Type Words
Type of hang up, hang
Has types dangle
Derivation suspender, suspension


The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them.
Type Words
Type of prorogue, hold over, put off, put over, remit, defer, table, postpone, set back, shelve


the prison sentence was suspended.

Examples of suspend

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Vodafone said it was ordered to suspend mobile-phone services in selected areas.
From the bloomberg.com
Now, why would the district suspend the teacher, the teacher, for doing his job?
From the fresnobee.com
Congress last week swiftly approved a bill that would suspend the rule for 2009.
From the washingtonpost.com
Iran is also facing demands by major world powers to suspend uranium enrichment.
From the voanews.com
As it announced the results, Sealy said it would suspend its quarterly dividend.
From the timesunion.com
He has offered his own proposals to suspend or decrease the gas tax in the past.
From the jsonline.com
The vote was 6-3 along party lines to suspend Tim Eyman's I-960 until July 2011.
From the thenewstribune.com
The company may suspend or discontinue the stock repurchase program at any time.
From the foxbusiness.com
Better, say some, to suspend the talks now, before these squabbles do more harm.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
  • Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
  • Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
  • Freeze: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
  • Make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
  • Render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"
  • Sleep mode refers to a low power mode for electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices. ...
  • Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare is an interactive fiction computer game written by Michael Berlyn and published by Infocom in 1983. It belongs to the science fiction genre, and is considered by many fans to be one of Infocom's better non-Zork-related titles. ...
  • (Suspension (chemistry)) In chemistry, a suspension is a heterogeneous fluid containing solid particles that are sufficiently large for sedimentation. Usually they must be larger than 1 micrometer. ...