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Uncommonsuspend
The correct spelling is suspend.
How to pronounce suspend
/səˈspɛnd/
verbIPA: /səˈspɛnd/
Say it like: Sus-pen-d
The correct spelling is suspend. To halt something temporarily. For example: "The meeting was suspended for lunch."
Usage Examples
“The meeting was suspended for lunch.”
“to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief”
“to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program”
Definition
verb
- 1.To halt something temporarily.
- 2.To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- 3.To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
- 4.To hang freely; underhang.
- 5.To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
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