Suspend
21suspend — sus|pend [ sə spend ] verb transitive often passive ** 1. ) to officially stop something for a short time: Operations at the plant have been suspended because of safety concerns. a ) to officially stop someone from doing their job or going to… …
22suspend — [13] To suspend something is etymologically to ‘hang it up’. The word comes via Old French suspendre from Latin suspendere ‘hang up’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘up from under’, hence ‘up’, and pendere ‘hang’ (source of English… …
23suspend — [[t]səspe̱nd[/t]] ♦♦♦ suspends, suspending, suspended 1) VERB If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it. [V n] The union suspended strike action this week... [V n] A UN… …
24suspend — verb 1》 halt temporarily. 2》 debar temporarily from a post, duties, etc. as a punishment. 3》 defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement). ↘Law (of a judge or court) cause (an imposed sentence) not to be enforced as long as no further… …
25suspend — /sə spend/ verb to stop doing something for a time ● We have suspended payments while we are waiting for news from our agent. ● Sailings have been suspended until the weather gets better. ● Work on the construction project has been suspended. ●… …
26suspend — [13] To suspend something is etymologically to ‘hang it up’. The word comes via Old French suspendre from Latin suspendere ‘hang up’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘up from under’, hence ‘up’, and pendere ‘hang’ (source of English… …
27suspend — v.tr. 1 hang up. 2 keep inoperative or undecided for a time; defer. 3 debar temporarily from a function, office, privilege, etc. 4 (as suspended adj.) (of solid particles or a body in a fluid medium) sustained somewhere between top and bottom.… …
28Suspend to Disk — [dt. »unterbrechen (und) auf die Festplatte (schreiben)«], ein Dienstprogramm, das den aktuellen Inhalt des RAM auf die Festplatte schreibt. Schaltet man einen Computer mit Suspend to Disk Funktion aus und anschließend wieder ein, befindet sich …
29suspend payment — Publicly to stop paying debts from insolvency • • • Main Entry: ↑suspend * * * (of a company) cease to meet its financial obligations as a result of insolvency or insufficient funds …
30suspend judgment — phrase to delay making a decision about something until you know more about it Thesaurus: to not change, or to refuse to change your opinionsynonym Main entry: suspend …
