suspend

v., -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends.

v.tr.

1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school.
2. To cause to stop for a period; interrupt: suspended the trial.
3. 1. To hold in abeyance; defer: suspend judgment. See synonyms at defer¹.
   2. To render temporarily ineffective: suspend a jail sentence; suspend all parking regulations.
4. To hang so as to allow free movement: suspended the mobile from the ceiling.
5. To support or keep from falling without apparent attachment, as by buoyancy: suspend oneself in the water.

v.intr.

1. To cease for a period; delay.
2. To fail to make payments or meet obligations.

[Middle English suspenden, from Old French suspendre, from Latin suspendere : sub-, from below; see sub– + pendere, to hang.]

Customer-file record status used to temporarily stop service to the customer while continuing other activity, such as billing. Customers who purchase a subscription on credit but fail to pay in response to the first few invoices are usually suspended until payment is received. A suspend status differs from a stop and hold status, in which all activity is discontinued.

verb

1. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship: break off, cease, discontinue, interrupt, terminate. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To put off until a later time: adjourn, defer¹, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay¹, table, waive. Informal wait. Idioms: put on ice. See do/not do.
3. To fasten or be fastened at one point with no support from below: dangle, depend, hang, sling, swing. See hang.

v

Definition: delay, hold off
Antonyms: complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain

v

Definition: hang from above
Antonyms: rise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udsætte, indstille midlertidigt, afbryde, standse, ophænge
v. intr. - indstille midlertidigt, gøre midlertidig, suspendere, gøre betinget (dom)

idioms:

• suspend payment    indstille betaling
• suspended animation    suspend animation, speciel form for animationsfilm
• suspended sentence    udsat dom, betinget dom

Nederlands (Dutch)
opschorten, schorsen, ophangen, in de lucht houden

Français (French)
v. tr. - flotter dans, être en suspension dans, suspendre (des entretiens), interrompre (une réunion), (Sport) interrompre (un match), réserver (un jugement), suspendre (un employé), suspendre (un joueur), exclure (un élève) temporairement, (Fin) suspendre (la cotation d'un titre), (Jur) condamner avec sursis
v. intr. - suspendre, suspendre temporairement, ajourner, manquer à ses obligations/à ses paiements

idioms:

• suspend payment    payement suspendu/ajourné
• suspended animation    (lit) engourdissement, (fig) végéter
• suspended sentence    (Jur) condamnation à sursis

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufhängen, ausschließen, suspendieren, aussetzen, aufschieben

idioms:

• suspend payment    die Zahlung einstellen
• suspended animation    vorübergehender Atemstillstand
• suspended sentence    Strafe mit Bewährung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναρτώ, κρεμώ, αναβάλλω, αναστέλλω, διακόπτω (προσωρινά), αιωρούμαι, κρέμομαι, αποβάλλω, θέτω σε διαθεσιμότητα

idioms:

• suspend payment    προβαίνω σε/κηρύσσω αναστολή πληρωμών
• suspended animation    αναστολή ζωτικών λειτουργιών, νεκροφάνεια
• suspended sentence    (νομ.) ποινή με αναστολή

Italiano (Italian)
sospendere

idioms:

• suspend payment    sospendere il pagamento
• suspended animation    sospensione delle funzioni vitali
• suspended sentence    sospensione di condanna

Português (Portuguese)
v. - suspender

idioms:

• suspend payment    cessar o pagamento
• suspended animation    animação suspensa
• suspended sentence    suspensão dos efeitos da sentença

Русский (Russian)
подвешивать, приостанавливать, временно отстранять

idioms:

• suspend payment    приостановленные платежи
• suspended animation    временное прекращение жизненных функций
• suspended sentence    условное наказание

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - colgar, suspender, aplazar, diferir, dejar en suspenso, tener en espera, indeciso, absortar
v. intr. - hacer suspensión de pagos, dejar de obrar, dejar de funcionar

idioms:

• suspend payment    pago suspendido
• suspended animation    suspensión momentánea de las funciones vitales
• suspended sentence    condena suspendida

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hänga (upp), spänna, suspendera, avstänga, låta bero

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吊, 悬挂, 暂停, 悬浮, 中止

idioms:

• suspend payment    宣告破产
• suspended animation    假死, 不省人事
• suspended sentence    缓期处刑, 缓刑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 吊, 懸掛
v. intr. - 暫停, 懸浮, 中止

idioms:

• suspend payment    宣告破產
• suspended animation    假死, 不省人事
• suspended sentence    緩期處刑, 緩刑

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 매달다, 중지하다, 연기하다
v. intr. - 정지하다, 중지되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - つるす, 静止させる, 停職させる, 延ばす, 一時停止にする, 停止する, 留保する

idioms:

• suspend payment    支払いを停止する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحرم مؤقتا يعلق ( اجراء معين , ) يفصل أو يوقف مؤقتا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תלה, עיכב, דחה ביצוע, התלה, הפסיק, חדל, השהה, השעה, הרחיף‬
v. intr. - ‮היה תלוי על, נפסק, השעה זמנית, הפסיק לשלם, לא יכול לשלם‬

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