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Meaning of suspended

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

suspended

Pronunciation:/səˈspɛndɪd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To halt something temporarily.

    Example: The meeting was suspended for lunch.

  2. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

    Example: to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief

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

    Example: to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program

  4. To hang freely; underhang.

    Example: to suspend a ball by a thread

adjective

Definitions

  1. Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

  2. Hung from above.

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

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