{
    "term": "suspend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "suspend",
            "heSheIt": "suspends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "suspended",
        "pastParticiple": "suspended",
        "ingForm": "suspending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to hang something from something else",
            "sensetop": "be suspended from somethingbe suspended by/on somethingbe suspended by/on something from something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A lamp was suspended from the ceiling.",
                    "contextForm": "be suspended from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her body was found suspended by a rope.",
                    "contextForm": "be suspended by/on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A boat was suspended on wires from the rafters.",
                    "contextForm": "be suspended by/on something from something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to officially stop something for a time; to prevent something from being active, used, etc. for a time",
            "sensetop": "suspend something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Production has been suspended while safety checks are carried out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The constitution was suspended as the fighting grew worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the theatre we willingly **suspend disbelief** *(= temporarily believe that the characters, etc. are real)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The EU should have the power to suspend subsidy payments to farmers who pollute the environment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has decided to suspend production at the country's biggest lead plant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Aid flights have been suspended for a week after fighting near the city's airport."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["immediately", "indefinitely", "temporarily"],
                "verb + suspend": ["agree to", "decide to", "vote to"],
                "phrases": ["the power to suspend something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to officially delay something; to arrange for something to happen later than planned",
            "sensetop": "suspend something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The introduction of the new system has been suspended until next year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to suspend judgement *(= delay forming or expressing an opinion)*"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["immediately", "indefinitely", "temporarily"],
                "verb + suspend": ["agree to", "decide to", "vote to"],
                "phrases": ["the power to suspend something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to officially prevent somebody from doing their job, going to school, etc. for a time, as a punishment or while a complaint against them is investigated",
            "sensetop": "be suspendedbe suspended from something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police officer was suspended while the complaint was investigated.",
                    "contextForm": "be suspended"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was suspended from school for a week.",
                    "contextForm": "be suspended from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been suspended on full pay following a disciplinary hearing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was suspended pending the outcome of the police investigation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The players will be automatically suspended."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We both got suspended for fighting."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["automatically", "formally", "indefinitely"],
                "verb + suspend": ["threaten to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from", "pending"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be suspended on full pay",
                    "be suspended with pay",
                    "be suspended without pay"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to float in liquid or air without moving",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Small droplets are held suspended in the atmosphere."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspend/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspend__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspendz/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪd/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspended__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspend/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspend__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspendz/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪd/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspended__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "su/suspend/suspending__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French suspendre or Latin suspendere, from sub- ‘from below’ + pendere ‘hang’."
}