suspend

/səspˈɛnd/

/səˈspɛnd/

[verbe]

to suspend

[VERBE]

MAIN VERB

suspendre

to temporarily prevent someone from going to school as a punishment because they did something wrong

Synonymes : debar

Exemples

1. The government has suspended all their accounts.

2. Agreed to suspend a loan they had been on the verge of sending to Peking, and promised to hold back in future until they saw which way the cat jumped.

3. The judge gave him a nine-month suspended sentence.

4. Should schools suspend suspensions?