🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Suspender

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sus-pen-der

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Suspend/səˈspɛnd/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La escuela decidió suspender las clases debido a las severas condiciones climáticas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.

    "The school decided to suspend classes due to the severe weather conditions."
  2. 2

    To hang something from a point.

    "The chandelier was suspended from the ceiling."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'suspend' originates from the Latin 'suspendere', which means 'to hang up' or 'to stop'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, reflecting a shift from a physical act of hanging to a more abstract sense of halting or delaying.

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