What is the noun form: suspension or suspend?

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suspend

/səˈspɛnd/

IELTSAcademic

verb

1.0 (verb) to temporarily stop something or to stop it for a period of time.

The court will suspend the sentence for one year.
They suspend the meeting until next week.

Adinary Nuance

Near-neighbors: suspend differs from stop (more sudden, total) and from pause (brief, often planned); it implies a temporary hold with an expected resumption, whereas lay off often carries permanent job loss.

In other languages

Spanish: Suspender
Japanese: 一時停止する
Korean: 중단하다
Vietnamese: Tạm đình chỉ
Chinese: 暂停

Etymology

Common phrases

suspend operationssuspend beliefsuspend judgmentsuspend from school

Synonyms

halt stop delay postpone interim

Related words

pause stop delay interrupt lay off

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