suspend

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

suspend (third-person singular simple present suspends, present participle suspending, simple past and past participle suspended)

1. To halt something temporarily
2. To hang freely; underhang
3. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid
4. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

Antonyms

• (to halt something temporarily; to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event): resume

Translations

To halt temporarily

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暫停 (cmn), 暂停 (cmn) (zàntíng)

• Czech: pozastavit (cs)
• Dutch: schorsen (nl)
• Finnish: pysäyttää (fi), keskeyttää (fi)
• French: suspendre (fr)
• German: suspendieren (de)

• Hebrew: השעה (he) (hish'á)
• Hungarian: felfüggeszt (hu)
• Japanese: 保留する (ja) (ほりゅうする, horyū suru)
• Norwegian: suspendere (no)
• Romanian: suspenda (ro), amâna (ro)
• Russian: приостанавливать (ru) (priostanávlivatʹ) impf., приостановить (ru) (priostanovítʹ) pf.

To hang freely

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吊 (cmn) (diào), 懸 (cmn), 悬 (cmn) (xuán), 懸掛 (cmn), 悬挂 (cmn) (xuánguà)

• Dutch: ophangen (nl)
• Finnish: ripustaa (fi), roikkua (fi), riippua (fi)
• French: suspendre (fr)
• German: aufhängen (de)
• Ido: suspendar

• Italian: appendere (it)
• Japanese: 吊らす (ja) (つらす, tsurasu), 下げる (ja) (さげる, sageru), ぶら下げる (ja) (ぶらさげる, burasageru)
• Norwegian: henge (no)
• Romanian: suspenda (ro), atârna (ro), agăța (ro)
• Russian: подвешивать (ru) (podvéšivatʹ) impf., подвесить (ru) (podvésitʹ) pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: croch (gd)

To create a suspension

• French: suspendre (fr), mettre en suspension (fr)
• Dutch: suspenderen (nl)

To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停止 (cmn) (tíngzhǐ), 中止 (cmn) (zhōngzhǐ)

• Dutch: afbreken (nl), stopzetten (nl), afgelasten (nl), onderbreken (nl)
• Finnish: keskeyttää (fi), lakkauttaa (fi)
• French: suspendre (fr)
• German: aufheben (de), aussetzen (de), aufschieben (de)
• Ido: suspensar

• Italian: sospendere (it)
• Japanese: 停止する (ja) (ていしする, teishi suru)
• Norwegian: avbryte (no)
• Romanian: suspenda (ro), întrerupe (ro) (sense: întrerupe temporar)
• Russian: прекращать (ru) (prekraščátʹ) impf., прекратить (ru) (prekratítʹ) pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir à dreuchd (gd)
• Turkish: askiya almak (tr)

See also

suspension, suspenders

Anagrams

• sends up
• sendups

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French

Verb

suspend

1. third-person singular present indicative of suspendre