Suspend

//səsˈpɛnd//

Synonyms for "suspend" (188 found)

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Verb(1 words)
debar

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Related words (94)

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Translations

115 translations across 33 languages.

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Ainu

1 entries
  • アッテ verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَلَّقَ verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ве́шаць verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • паве́сіць verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • падве́сіць verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • падве́шваць verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ока́чвам verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • окача́ verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • прекратявам verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • спирам временно verb (to halt temporarily)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 中止 verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • 停止 verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • 吊 verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • 懸 /悬 verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Czech

1 entries
  • pozastavit verb (to halt temporarily)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afbreken verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • afgelasten verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • onderbreken verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • ophangen verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Finnish

4 entries
  • keskeyttää verb (to halt temporarily)
  • keskeyttää verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • lakkauttaa verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • liettää verb (to create a suspension)

French

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  • mettre en suspension verb (to create a suspension)
  • suspendre verb (to halt temporarily)
  • suspendre verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • suspendre verb (to create a suspension)

German

4 entries
  • aufheben verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • aufhängen verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • aufschieben verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • aussetzen verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)

Greek

1 entries
  • αναστέλλω verb (to halt temporarily)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • השעה verb (to halt temporarily)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लटकाना verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • felfüggeszt verb (to halt temporarily)

Ido

2 entries
  • suspendar verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • suspensar verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)

Italian

2 entries
  • appendere verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • sospendere verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ぶら下げる verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • 下げる verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • 保留する verb (to halt temporarily)
  • 停止する verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)

Korean

4 entries
  • 걸다 verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • 매달다 verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • 보류하다 verb (to halt temporarily)
  • 유예하다 verb (to halt temporarily)

Latin

1 entries
  • suspendō verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • закачи verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • закачува verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Māori

4 entries
  • tākawe verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • whakairi verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • whakateki verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • whakatāiri verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • avbryte verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • henge verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • suspendere verb (to halt temporarily)

Old English

1 entries
  • āhōn verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آصمق verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Persian

1 entries
  • آویزان کردن verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Polish

4 entries
  • zawiesić verb (to halt temporarily)
  • zawiesić verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • zawiesić verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • zawieszać verb (to halt temporarily)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • suspender verb (to halt temporarily)
  • suspender verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • suspender verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)

Romanian

4 entries
  • agăța verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • amâna verb (to halt temporarily)
  • atârna verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • suspenda verb (to halt temporarily)

Russian

4 entries
  • ве́шать verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • пове́сить verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • подве́сить verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • подве́шивать verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • croch verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • cuir à dreuchd verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)

Spanish

1 entries
  • suspender verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)

Turkish

2 entries
  • askiya almak verb (to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event)
  • asmak verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ві́шати verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • пові́сити verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)
  • призупинити verb (to halt temporarily)
  • підві́сити verb (to hang freely — see also hang, hang up)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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Philosophy teaches us to feel uncertain about the things that seem to us self-evident. Propaganda, on the other hand, teaches us to accept as self-evident matters about which it would be reasonable to suspend our judgment or to feel doubt.

Source: tatoeba (690953)

O time, suspend your flight!

Source: tatoeba (1548587)

O time, suspend your flight! and you, happy hours, suspend your race: let us savor the fleeting delights of our fairest days!

Source: tatoeba (1548590)

Among so many actions committed by dictators, we can mention that: they suspend political activity, they suspend the rights of workers, they forbid strikes, they destroy the Supreme Court of Justice, they shutdown nighttime places of business, they censor the mass media, they burn thousands of books and magazines considered dangerous.

Source: tatoeba (2512980)

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