Suspend

Quick meaning: Suspend is a verb meaning To halt something temporarily.

Meaning

To halt something temporarily.

More Meanings

1. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
2. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
3. To hang freely; underhang.
4. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
5. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
6. (chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
7. (obsolete) To make to depend.

Example Sentences

suspending out judgement

The meeting was suspended for lunch.

Suspend your indignation against my brother.

to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program

Word Forms

• suspends
• suspending
• suspended

Synonyms for suspend

Depending on context, synonyms include freeze, set aside, debar.

Antonyms for suspend

Common opposites include resume.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include debar, set aside, freeze, suspensive, suspension, stoppage.

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