{
    "term": "suspension",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of officially removing somebody from their job, school, team, etc. for a period of time, usually as a punishment",
            "sensetop": "suspension (from something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "suspension from school"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two players are appealing against their suspensions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Another caution will result in his automatic suspension from the final."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The athlete could face a lengthy period of suspension if found guilty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a detective under suspension from his job"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He incurred a suspension on reduced pay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is serving a one-match suspension."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He received a five-day suspension."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of delaying something for a period of time, until a decision has been taken",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These events have led to the suspension of talks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many movies require the viewer to engage in a willing suspension of disbelief."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["temporary", "lengthy", "long"],
                "verb + suspension": ["give somebody", "impose", "order"],
                "preposition": [
                    "under suspension",
                    "suspension for",
                    "suspension from"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a period of suspension", "suspension of disbelief"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the system of springs, etc. by which a vehicle is supported on its wheels and that makes it more comfortable to ride in when the road surface is not even",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **front/rear suspension**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new model is fitted with computer-controlled suspension."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["front", "rear", "active"],
                "verb + suspension": ["be fitted with", "have"],
                "suspension + noun": ["system"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a liquid with very small pieces of solid matter floating in it; the state of such a liquid",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The suspension was passed through a filter to separate out the solid particles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The material carried in suspension by the tide is deposited on the shore."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspenʃn/",
                "audio": "su/suspension/suspension__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspenʃn/",
                "audio": "su/suspension/suspension__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French, or from Latin suspensio(n-), from the verb suspendere, from sub- ‘from below’ + pendere ‘hang’."
}