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Suspend: Definition, Usage & Common Mistakes (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：temporarily halt (suspend)

suspend 🔊

/səˈspend/

vt.

to stop something for a short time, or to make someone leave their job or school for a while.

temporarily halt 🔊

➕

/ˈtempərərɪli hɔːlt/

vt.

To officially stop an activity, a person's participation, or a privilege for a defined, usually temporary period.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：中级

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'suspendere', meaning 'to hang up' (sub- 'up from under' + pendere 'to hang').

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'sus' (pause/stop) + 'pend' (hang): to pause or hang an activity.

📖 Example

The student was suspended from school for a week due to serious misconduct. 🔊 The student received a one-week removal from school because of severe rule-breaking.

🔗 Collocations

suspend operations – to temporarily cease business or activity

suspend a license – to temporarily withdraw official permission

suspend judgment – to delay forming an opinion or conclusion

🔄 Synonyms

halt (v.) – to bring or come to an abrupt stop

pause (v.) – to stop temporarily before continuing

adjourn (v.) – to suspend a meeting or proceeding to a later time

🚫 Antonyms

continue (v.) – to persist in an activity without interruption

resume (v.) – to begin again after an interruption

reinstate (v.) – to restore someone to a former position or privilege

🌱 Derivatives

suspension (n.) – the act of suspending or the state of being suspended

📖 Cultural Story

Directly from Latin 'suspendere', used in both physical and abstract contexts (e.g., suspending disbelief). It appears in legal, educational, and scientific jargon, reflecting its versatility in formal English.

Meaning 2：hang from above (suspend)

suspend 🔊

/səˈspend/

vt.

to hang something from a place so that the lower part is free.

Visual of suspend meaning to hang, showing a plant suspended from a ceiling.

hang from above 🔊

➕

/hæŋ frəm əˈbʌv/

vt.

To attach something to a higher point so that its lower part is unsupported and free to move.

📁 Category：Culture & History 🔖 Level：中级

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The artist suspended a beautiful glass sculpture from the ceiling of the gallery. 🔊 The artist hung an attractive glass artwork from the gallery's ceiling.

🔗 Collocations

suspend from the ceiling – to hang down from an overhead surface

suspend in mid-air – to be supported in the air without touching the ground

suspend by a thread – to hang from a very thin cord or filament

🔄 Synonyms

hang (v.) – to attach or be attached from above with the lower part free

dangle (v.) – to hang or swing loosely

🚫 Antonyms

rest on (v.) – to be supported by lying on a surface

stand on (v.) – to be in an upright position supported by a base

🌱 Derivatives

suspended (adj.) – hanging from above