"suspend" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səsˈpɛnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suspend.wav [Southern-England] Forms: suspends [present, singular, third-person], suspending [participle, present], suspended [participle, past], suspended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{uder|en|fro|sospendre}} Old French sospendre, {{uder|en|la|suspendo|suspendere}} Latin suspendere Head templates: {{en-verb}} suspend (third-person singular simple present suspends, present participle suspending, simple past and past participle suspended)
  1. To halt something temporarily. Translations (to halt temporarily): спирам временно (spiram vremenno) (Bulgarian), 暫停 (Chinese Mandarin), 暂停 (zàntíng) (Chinese Mandarin), pozastavit (Czech), schorsen (Dutch), pysäyttää (Finnish), keskeyttää (Finnish), suspendre (French), suspendieren (German), αναστέλλω (anastéllo) (Greek), השעה (hish'á) (Hebrew), felfüggeszt (Hungarian), 保留する (horyū suru) (alt: ほりゅうする) (Japanese), 보류하다 (boryuhada) (Korean), 유예하다 (yuyehada) (Korean), 중단하다 (jungdanhada) (Korean), suspendere (Norwegian), zawieszać [imperfective] (Polish), zawiesić [perfective] (Polish), suspender (Portuguese), suspenda (Romanian), amâna (Romanian), приостана́вливать (priostanávlivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приостанови́ть (priostanovítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), призупинити (pryzupynyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-Rd8WSUF6 Disambiguation of 'to halt temporarily': 52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8
  2. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-j4J8A4J~
  3. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event. Translations (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event): прекратявам (prekratjavam) (Bulgarian), 停止 (tíngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 中止 (zhōngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), afbreken (Dutch), stopzetten (Dutch), afgelasten (Dutch), onderbreken (Dutch), keskeyttää (Finnish), lakkauttaa (Finnish), suspendre (French), aufheben (German), aussetzen (German), aufschieben (German), suspensar (Ido), sospendere (Italian), 停止する (teishi suru) (alt: ていしする) (Japanese), avbryte (Norwegian), zawieszać [imperfective] (Polish), zawiesić [perfective] (Polish), suspender (Portuguese), suspenda (Romanian), întrerupe (sense: întrerupe temporar) (Romanian), прекраща́ть (prekraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прекрати́ть (prekratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cuir à dreuchd (Scottish Gaelic), suspender (Spanish), askiya almak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-qcirBGZZ Disambiguation of 'to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event': 3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3
  4. To hang freely; underhang. Translations (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up): アッテ (atte) (Ainu), عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa) (Arabic), падве́шваць (padvjéšvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), падве́сіць (padvjésicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ве́шаць (vjéšacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), паве́сіць (pavjésicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ока́чвам (okáčvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), окача́ (okačá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), (diào) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (xuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 懸掛 (Chinese Mandarin), 悬挂 (xuánguà) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (guà) (Chinese Mandarin), ophangen (Dutch), ripustaa (Finnish), roikkua (Finnish), riippua (Finnish), suspendre (French), aufhängen (German), लटकाना (laṭkānā) (Hindi), suspendar (Ido), appendere (Italian), 吊るす (tsurusu) (alt: つるす) (Japanese), 下げる (sageru) (alt: さげる) (Japanese), ぶら下げる (burasageru) (alt: ぶらさげる) (Japanese), 掛ける (kakeru) (alt: かける) (Japanese), 매달다 (maedalda) (Korean), 걸다 (geolda) (Korean), suspendō (Latin), закачува (zakačuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), закачи (zakači) [perfective] (Macedonian), whakairi (Maori), whakateki (Maori), whakawerewere (Maori), whakawhata (Maori), whakatāiri (Maori), whakatārewa (Maori), tākawe (Maori), henge (Norwegian), āhōn (Old English), آصمق (asmak) (Ottoman Turkish), آویزان کردن (âvizân kardan) (Persian), zawieszać [imperfective] (Polish), zawiesić [perfective] (Polish), suspender (Portuguese), suspenda (Romanian), atârna (Romanian), agăța (Romanian), подве́шивать (podvéšivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подве́сить (podvésitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ве́шать (véšatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пове́сить (povésitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), croch (Scottish Gaelic), asmak (Turkish), підві́шувати (pidvíšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), підві́сити (pidvísyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), ві́шати (víšaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пові́сити (povísyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-en:hang Disambiguation of 'to hang freely — see also hang, hang up': 10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16
  5. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid. Translations (to create a suspension): suspenderen (Dutch), liettää (Finnish), suspendoida (Finnish), suspendre (French), mettre en suspension (French), suspendieren (German)
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-Ea1jju6X Disambiguation of 'to create a suspension': 16 4 8 4 28 5 9 10 15
  6. (obsolete) To make to depend. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-voOBX9Z1
  7. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-JDZ7d~-C
  8. (chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-31c4IY3b Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  9. (travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel. Categories (topical): Aviation, Travel
    Sense id: en-suspend-en-verb-tvzj~2d5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 2 4 6 4 1 17 9 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 2 4 10 5 1 18 9 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 13 5 6 11 6 3 17 10 29 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, lifestyle, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, tourism, transport, travel
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suspend one's disbelief Related terms: suspension, suspenders

Inflected forms

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"to halt something temporarily, to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event\"",
      "word": "resume"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "suspend one's disbelief"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French sospendre",
      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "suspendo",
        "4": "suspendere"
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      "expansion": "Latin suspendere",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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      "form": "suspended",
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        "participle",
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      ]
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "suspension"
    },
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The meeting was suspended for lunch.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302",
          "text": "Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, “Network News: Major flood damage severs key Edinburgh-Glasgow rail artery”, in Rail, page 21",
          "text": "Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link.",
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        "To halt something temporarily."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporary"
        ]
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spiram vremenno",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "спирам временно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "暫停"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zàntíng",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "暂停"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "pozastavit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "schorsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "pysäyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "keskeyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "suspendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "suspendieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anastéllo",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "αναστέλλω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hish'á",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "השעה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "felfüggeszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "alt": "ほりゅうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "horyū suru",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "保留する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "boryuhada",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "보류하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yuyehada",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "유예하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jungdanhada",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "중단하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "suspendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zawieszać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zawiesić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "suspender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "suspenda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "word": "amâna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priostanávlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "приостана́вливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priostanovítʹ",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "приостанови́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 2 4 3 4 1 23 2 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pryzupynyty",
          "sense": "to halt temporarily",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "призупинити"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To hold in an undetermined or undecided state."
      ],
      "id": "en-suspend-en-verb-j4J8A4J~"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event."
      ],
      "id": "en-suspend-en-verb-qcirBGZZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "discontinue",
          "discontinue"
        ],
        [
          "interrupt",
          "interrupt"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prekratjavam",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "прекратявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tíngzhǐ",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "停止"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "中止"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "afbreken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "stopzetten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "afgelasten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "onderbreken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "keskeyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "lakkauttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "suspendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "aufheben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "aussetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "aufschieben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "suspensar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "sospendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "alt": "ていしする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teishi suru",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "停止する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "avbryte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zawieszać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zawiesić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "suspender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "suspenda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "întrerupe (sense: întrerupe temporar)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prekraščátʹ",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прекраща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prekratítʹ",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прекрати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "cuir à dreuchd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "suspender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 86 1 2 1 3 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
          "word": "askiya almak"
        }
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        {
          "text": "to suspend a ball by a thread",
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        "To hang freely; underhang."
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        "en:hang"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ain",
          "lang": "Ainu",
          "roman": "atte",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "アッテ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕallaqa",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "عَلَّقَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "padvjéšvacʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "падве́шваць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "padvjésicʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "падве́сіць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vjéšacʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ве́шаць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pavjésicʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "паве́сіць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okáčvam",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ока́чвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okačá",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "окача́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diào",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "吊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "懸"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuán",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "悬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "懸掛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuánguà",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "悬挂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "掛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guà",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "挂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "ophangen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "ripustaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "roikkua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "riippua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "suspendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "aufhängen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "laṭkānā",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "लटकाना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "suspendar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "appendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "alt": "つるす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsurusu",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "吊るす"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "alt": "さげる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sageru",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "下げる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "alt": "ぶらさげる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "burasageru",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "ぶら下げる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "alt": "かける",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakeru",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "掛ける"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "maedalda",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "매달다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geolda",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "걸다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "suspendō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zakačuva",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "закачува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zakači",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "закачи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "whakairi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "whakateki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "whakawerewere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "whakawhata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "whakatāiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "whakatārewa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "tākawe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "henge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "āhōn"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "asmak",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "آصمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âvizân kardan",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "آویزان کردن"
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          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zawieszać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zawiesić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "suspender"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "suspenda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "atârna"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "agăța"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
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          "roman": "podvéšivatʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подве́шивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podvésitʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "подве́сить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "véšatʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ве́шать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
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          "roman": "povésitʹ",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "croch"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "word": "asmak"
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          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "pidvíšuvaty",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "підві́шувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
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          "roman": "pidvísyty",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "підві́сити"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
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          "roman": "víšaty",
          "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ві́шати"
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          "_dis1": "10 5 5 44 3 3 10 4 16",
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          "roman": "povísyty",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "suspenderen"
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          "word": "liettää"
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          "_dis1": "16 4 8 4 28 5 9 10 15",
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        "(obsolete) To make to depend."
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          "text": "to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club",
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          "text": "Whether good men should be suspended from the exercise of their ministry , and deprived of their livelyhood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent.",
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      "ipa": "/səsˈpɛnd/"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)pend-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "sospendre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French sospendre",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "suspendo",
        "4": "suspendere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin suspendere",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "suspends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suspending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suspended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suspended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "suspension"
    },
    {
      "word": "suspenders"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The meeting was suspended for lunch.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302",
          "text": "Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, “Network News: Major flood damage severs key Edinburgh-Glasgow rail artery”, in Rail, page 21",
          "text": "Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To halt something temporarily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporary"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To hold in an undetermined or undecided state."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discontinue",
          "discontinue"
        ],
        [
          "interrupt",
          "interrupt"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to suspend a ball by a thread",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang freely; underhang."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hang",
          "hang"
        ],
        [
          "underhang",
          "underhang"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:hang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "solid",
          "solid"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "powder",
          "powder"
        ],
        [
          "suspension",
          "suspension"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make to depend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To make to depend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1633, Robert Sanderson, Reason and Judgement",
          "text": "Whether good men should be suspended from the exercise of their ministry , and deprived of their livelyhood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Aviation",
        "en:Travel"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "lifestyle",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "tourism",
        "transport",
        "travel"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səsˈpɛnd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spiram vremenno",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "спирам временно"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "暫停"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàntíng",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "暂停"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "pozastavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "schorsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "pysäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "keskeyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "suspendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "suspendieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anastéllo",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "αναστέλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hish'á",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "השעה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "felfüggeszt"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほりゅうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "horyū suru",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "保留する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "boryuhada",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "보류하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuyehada",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "유예하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jungdanhada",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "중단하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "suspendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawieszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawiesić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "suspender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "suspenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "word": "amâna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priostanávlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "приостана́вливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priostanovítʹ",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приостанови́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryzupynyty",
      "sense": "to halt temporarily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "призупинити"
    },
    {
      "code": "ain",
      "lang": "Ainu",
      "roman": "atte",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "アッテ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕallaqa",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "عَلَّقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "padvjéšvacʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "падве́шваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "padvjésicʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "падве́сіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjéšacʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ве́шаць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pavjésicʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "паве́сіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okáčvam",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ока́чвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okačá",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "окача́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diào",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "吊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "懸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuán",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "悬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "懸掛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuánguà",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "悬挂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "掛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guà",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "挂"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "ophangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "ripustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "roikkua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "riippua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "suspendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "aufhängen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "laṭkānā",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "लटकाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "suspendar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "appendere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つるす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsurusu",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "吊るす"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さげる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sageru",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "下げる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶらさげる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "burasageru",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "ぶら下げる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かける",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakeru",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "掛ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "maedalda",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "매달다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geolda",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "걸다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "suspendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zakačuva",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "закачува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zakači",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "закачи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "whakairi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "whakateki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "whakawerewere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "whakawhata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "whakatāiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "whakatārewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "tākawe"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "henge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "āhōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "asmak",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "آصمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âvizân kardan",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "آویزان کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawieszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawiesić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "suspender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "suspenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "atârna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "agăța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podvéšivatʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подве́шивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podvésitʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подве́сить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véšatʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ве́шать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povésitʹ",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пове́сить"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "croch"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "word": "asmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidvíšuvaty",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "підві́шувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidvísyty",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "підві́сити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "víšaty",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ві́шати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povísyty",
      "sense": "to hang freely — see also hang, hang up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пові́сити"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to create a suspension",
      "word": "suspenderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to create a suspension",
      "word": "liettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to create a suspension",
      "word": "suspendoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to create a suspension",
      "word": "suspendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to create a suspension",
      "word": "mettre en suspension"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to create a suspension",
      "word": "suspendieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prekratjavam",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "прекратявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tíngzhǐ",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "停止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "中止"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "afbreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "stopzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "afgelasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "onderbreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "keskeyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "lakkauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "suspendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "aufheben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "aussetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "aufschieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "suspensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "sospendere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていしする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teishi suru",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "停止する"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "avbryte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawieszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawiesić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "suspender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "suspenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "întrerupe (sense: întrerupe temporar)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prekraščátʹ",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прекраща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prekratítʹ",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прекрати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "cuir à dreuchd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "suspender"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event",
      "word": "askiya almak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suspend"
}

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