suspension
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspendedThe act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
» I heard about your suspension.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
suspension from a hook
Aussetzung
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
(countable, uncountable)A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
Aussetzung
приостановле́ниеpriostanovlénije, приостано́вкаpriostanóvka, прекраще́ниеprekraščénije
(countable, uncountable)The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
Suspension
взвесьvzvesʹ, суспе́нзияsuspénzija
(countable, uncountable)Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
(countable, uncountable)The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
Spannung
(countable, uncountable)The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
(countable, uncountable)The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
suspension from school as a disciplinary measure
(countable, uncountable)The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
Vorhalt
(countable, uncountable)A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
(countable, uncountable)A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
(countable, uncountable)A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
(countable, uncountable)The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
Aufhängung, Federung
подве́скаpodvéska
підві́скаpidvíska
a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
Examples
28 sentencesI heard about your suspension.
Tom's suspension ended on October 20th.
Tom's suspension ended on October twentieth.
Tom said that he's appealing his suspension.
My suspension will end on October 20th.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.
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Forms
plural: suspensions| Singular | suspension |
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Synonyms
17 synonyms- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.):temporary removal
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely):danglinghanging
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle:suspension system
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something:respitereprievehiatusabatement
- temporary cessation or suspension:abeyance
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something:pauseintermissionbreakinterruption
Word family
35 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable