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Suspended has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of suspend

"The judge suspended his license after he failed to pay the fine."

In plain English: To suspend something means to temporarily stop it from happening or being used until later.

"The traffic was suspended after the accident blocked both lanes of the highway."

Adjective
1

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

"suspended matter such as silt or mud..."

"dust particles suspended in the air"

"droplets in suspension in a gas"

2

Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

"The train service was suspended due to heavy snowfall, leaving many passengers stranded at the station."

3

suspended animation

"The astronaut entered suspended animation to survive the long journey across space."

In plain English: Suspended means temporarily stopped from doing something, like being kicked off a team for a while.

"The school day was suspended due to heavy snowfall."

Usage: Use suspended as an adjective before nouns like classes, sentences, or accounts to indicate they are temporarily halted rather than permanently canceled. Do not confuse this state with being terminated entirely, which would require words like ended or revoked instead.

Example Sentences
"The school day was suspended due to heavy snowfall." adj
"The suspended animation in the movie left us all wondering what would happen next." adj
"Her suspended belief in the system made it hard for her to trust anyone again." adj
"The suspended judgment on his character meant he was given another chance to prove himself." adj
"The traffic was suspended after the accident blocked both lanes of the highway." verb
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Rhyming Words
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