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{
"term": "suspend",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "suspend",
"heSheIt": "suspends"
},
"pastSimple": "suspended",
"pastParticiple": "suspended",
"ingForm": "suspending"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to hang something from something else",
"sensetop": "be suspended from somethingbe suspended by/on somethingbe suspended by/on something from something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A lamp was suspended from the ceiling.",
"contextForm": "be suspended from something"
},
{
"text": "Her body was found suspended by a rope.",
"contextForm": "be suspended by/on something"
},
{
"text": "A boat was suspended on wires from the rafters.",
"contextForm": "be suspended by/on something from something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to officially stop something for a time; to prevent something from being active, used, etc. for a time",
"sensetop": "suspend something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Production has been suspended while safety checks are carried out."
},
{
"text": "The constitution was suspended as the fighting grew worse."
},
{
"text": "In the theatre we willingly **suspend disbelief** *(= temporarily believe that the characters, etc. are real)*."
},
{
"text": "The EU should have the power to suspend subsidy payments to farmers who pollute the environment."
},
{
"text": "The government has decided to suspend production at the country's biggest lead plant."
},
{
"text": "Aid flights have been suspended for a week after fighting near the city's airport."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["immediately", "indefinitely", "temporarily"],
"verb + suspend": ["agree to", "decide to", "vote to"],
"phrases": ["the power to suspend something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to officially delay something; to arrange for something to happen later than planned",
"sensetop": "suspend something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The introduction of the new system has been suspended until next year."
},
{
"text": "to suspend judgement *(= delay forming or expressing an opinion)*"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["immediately", "indefinitely", "temporarily"],
"verb + suspend": ["agree to", "decide to", "vote to"],
"phrases": ["the power to suspend something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to officially prevent somebody from doing their job, going to school, etc. for a time, as a punishment or while a complaint against them is investigated",
"sensetop": "be suspendedbe suspended from something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police officer was suspended while the complaint was investigated.",
"contextForm": "be suspended"
},
{
"text": "She was suspended from school for a week.",
"contextForm": "be suspended from something"
},
{
"text": "She has been suspended on full pay following a disciplinary hearing."
},
{
"text": "She was suspended pending the outcome of the police investigation."
},
{
"text": "The players will be automatically suspended."
},
{
"text": "We both got suspended for fighting."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["automatically", "formally", "indefinitely"],
"verb + suspend": ["threaten to"],
"preposition": ["for", "from", "pending"],
"phrases": [
"be suspended on full pay",
"be suspended with pay",
"be suspended without pay"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to float in liquid or air without moving",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Small droplets are held suspended in the atmosphere."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspend/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspend__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspendz/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspends__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪd/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspended__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪŋ/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspending__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspend/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspend__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspendz/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspends__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪd/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspended__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪŋ/",
"audio": "su/suspend/suspending__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French suspendre or Latin suspendere, from sub- ‘from below’ + pendere ‘hang’."
}