suspended

/səˈspɛndɪd/

verb

  1. 1

    To halt something temporarily.

    The meeting was suspended for lunch.
  2. 2

    To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

    to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief
  3. 3

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

    to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
  4. 4

    To hang freely; underhang.

    to suspend a ball by a thread
  5. 5

    To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

  6. 6

    To make to depend.

  7. 7

    To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.

    to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club
  8. 8

    To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

  9. 9

    (travel) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

Antonyms

adjective

  1. 1

    Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

  2. 2

    Hung from above.

  3. 3

    (of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.

  4. 4

    (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.

  5. 5

    A chemical suspension

  6. 6

    (of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.

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