suspended

Meanings

• Verb

  To halt or delay the action, operation, or effect of something; to suspend judgment or belief.

  - "The board suspended the student for three days."
  - "The manager suspended the production line for maintenance."
  - "I will suspend judgment until I have more information."

• Verb

  To hang or support from above by means of a rope, chain, or the like.

  - "The chandelier was suspended from the ceiling."
  - "The hammock was suspended between two trees."

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Pronunciation

1. /səˈspɛndɪd/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

resume

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Synonyms

abeyant , dormant , paused

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with suspended
pend , send , mend , lend , rend

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Homonyms

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1. Suspended (English) : A state of being suspended or hung from above.
   

2. Suspended (Spanish) : A suspension or interruption.
   

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Homophones

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1. Suspended animation (English) : A reversible condition of severely reduced metabolic activity in an organism or a tissue, in which the organism or tissue ceases to function for a period but recovers when the causative agent is removed.
   

2. Suspended license (English) : A driver's license that has been temporarily revoked due to a violation or a failure to meet certain requirements.
   

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Variants

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suspend , suspended , suspending , suspends , suspended animation , suspended animations , suspended sentence

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Forms

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suspend, suspendedly, suspends, suspendedness

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Etymology

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From Old French suspendre ‘hang, suspend,’ from sus ‘above’ + pendre ‘hang.’

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Trivia

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1. The term 'suspended' is often used in sports to describe a penalty in which a player is removed from the game for a period of time.

2. The longest suspension bridge in the world is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

3. In the human body, the longest suspended organ is the liver, which weighs about 3 pounds and is suspended by the ligaments that attach it to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall.

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Related Concepts

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1. Suspension bridge: A type of bridge that uses a series of vertical cables and horizontal rods to support the roadway, creating a long, flexible suspension span.

2. Suspension of disbelief: The willingness of an audience to accept the implausible elements of a story for the sake of enjoying the story.

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Culture

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In literature, 'suspended' has been used to describe the feeling of being stuck in a situation, such as in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' when Raskolnikov experiences a moral crisis. In art, a suspended object can represent a sense of weightlessness or freedom. In music, a suspended chord can create a feeling of tension and resolution.

How to Memorize "suspended"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a pendulum swinging back and forth, representing the action of suspending or delaying something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'suspended' with the image of a hammock suspended between two trees.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Suspended in air' to remember the meaning of 'suspended' as 'suspended in air' or 'delayed'.

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