suspend
suspend is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, suspend is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofsuspend
- To halt something temporarily.
Example: "The meeting was suspended for lunch."
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
Example: "to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief"
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
Example: "to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program"
- To hang freely; underhang.
Example: "to suspend a ball by a thread"
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- To make to depend.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
Example: "to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club"
- To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- (travel) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
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