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# suspended

verb (past of «suspend»: suspend, suspends, suspended, suspending); adjective (suspended)

«suspended» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hung from above (a lamp suspended from the ceiling). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#m1)
2. Stopped for a time, not for ever (the game was suspended because of rain). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#m2)
3. Not allowed to come to school, work or play for a time as a punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#m3)
4. (science) Floating in a liquid or gas without sinking or rising (particles suspended in water). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school life, a pupil suspended for bad behaviour; in sport, a player suspended for some matches. In science, suspensions — tiny bits suspended in water — and forces on a suspended object. In news, services suspended by bad weather. Phrases: «suspended from», «suspended sentence», «suspended animation».

### Examples

- A lamp was suspended from the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x1)
- The match was suspended because of lightning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x2)
- He was suspended from school for fighting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x3)
- The player was suspended for three games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x4)
- Train services are suspended until further notice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x5)
- Tiny bits of mud were suspended in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x6)
- The spider was suspended on a silk thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x7)
- His master suspended a bell about his neck so that the Dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun «suspension». A suspension bridge hangs from cables. In maths: a player suspended for 3 of 10 games plays 10 − 3 = 7 games. In science: a weight suspended from a spring stretches it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suspended» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suspended» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suspended.html) on Mova free.