Standard Lemma guide

suspended

adj · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /səˈspɛndɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛndɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 S P EH1 N D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

suspended animation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

suspended sentence

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Hung from above.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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5

adj

Meaning 5

Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: usually

Topics: food, lifestyle

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6

adj

Meaning 6

A chemical suspension

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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7

adj

Meaning 7

Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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8

verb

Meaning 8

simple past and past participle of suspend

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

(of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • suspended matter such as silt or mud...
  • dust particles suspended in the air
  • droplets in suspension in a gas

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: спрян (sprjan) — interrupted or delayed
  • Bulgarian: прекратен (prekraten) — interrupted or delayed
  • Catalan: en suspens — interrupted or delayed
  • French: suspendu — interrupted or delayed
  • German: unterbrochen — interrupted or delayed
  • Hindi: स्थगित (sthagit) — interrupted or delayed
  • Italian: sospeso — interrupted or delayed
  • Italian: interrotto — interrupted or delayed
  • Italian: rimandato — interrupted or delayed
  • Russian: приостано́вленный (priostanóvlennyj) — interrupted or delayed
  • Russian: пре́рванный (prérvannyj) — interrupted or delayed
  • Russian: заде́ржанный (zadéržannyj) — interrupted or delayed
  • Spanish: suspendido — interrupted or delayed
  • Swedish: avbruten — interrupted or delayed
  • Swedish: pausad — interrupted or delayed
  • Urdu: مُعَطَّل (mu'attal) — interrupted or delayed
  • Arabic: مُعَلَّق (muʕallaq) — hung from above
  • Bulgarian: окачен (okačen) — hung from above
  • Bulgarian: провесен (provesen) — hung from above
  • Finnish: riippuva — hung from above
  • Finnish: riippu- — hung from above
  • Italian: pensile — hung from above
  • Russian: подве́шенный (podvéšennyj) — hung from above
  • Russian: вися́щий (visjáščij) — hung from above
  • Scottish Gaelic: crochte — hung from above
  • Spanish: suspendido — hung from above
  • Swedish: upphängd — hung from above
  • Swedish: hängande — hung from above
  • Ukrainian: підві́шений (pidvíšenyj) — hung from above
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