suspend

verb (STOP)

/səˈspend/

Definition

C1 [T] to stop something from being active, either temporarily or permanently: The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather. The president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power. When you go to the theatre, you have to be willing to suspend disbelief (= to act as if you believe that what you are seeing is real or true, although you know that it is not). I'm suspending judgment (= not forming an opinion) on the book I'm reading until I've finished it.legal Mr Young was given a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years (= if he commits another crime within two years, he will have to go to prison for six months for his original crime).Cancelling and interrupting B2 [T] If someone is suspended from work, school, etc., they are temporarily not allowed to work, go to school, or take part in an activity because they have done something wrong: She was suspended from school for fighting. He was suspended for four matches after arguing with the referee.Not going to school

(Definition of suspend verb (STOP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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