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- [suh-spend]
- /səˈspɛnd/
- /səˈspend/
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- [suh-spend]
- /səˈspɛnd/
Definitions of suspended word
- verb with object suspended to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling. 1
- verb with object suspended to attach so as to allow free movement: to suspend a door on a hinge. 1
- verb with object suspended to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging: to suspend solid particles in a liquid. 1
- verb with object suspended to hold or keep undetermined; refrain from forming or concluding definitely: to suspend one's judgment. 1
- verb with object suspended to defer or postpone: to suspend sentence on a convicted person. 1
- verb with object suspended to cause to cease or bring to a stop or stay, usually for a time: to suspend payment. 1
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Origin of suspended
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English suspenden < Latin suspendere to hang up, equivalent to sus- sus- + pendere (transitive) to hang (see pend, suspense)
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Parts of speech for Suspended
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
suspended popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
suspended usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for suspended
adj suspended
- abeyant — temporarily inactive, stopped, or suspended.
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
- dangling — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
adjective suspended
verb suspended
- dangled — Simple past tense and past participle of dangle.
- deselected — Simple past tense and past participle of deselect.
- desisted — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- disenabled — Simple past tense and past participle of disenable.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
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