suspend
Pronunciation: /səsˈpɛnd/
The English word “suspend” has 9 meanings listed here.
verb
- To halt something temporarily.
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
- To hang freely; underhang.
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- To make to depend.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
- To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
Etymology
From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.
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