suspension
A time when something is stopped for a while but may start again later.
A temporary stopping or postponement of an activity, rule, service, or process, usually with the intention that it will start again later.
A time when someone cannot go to school, work, or a team for a short time because they did something wrong.
The act of officially not allowing someone to attend school, work, or take part in an activity for a limited period, usually as a punishment.
The parts of a car, bike, or other vehicle that make the ride smoother by softening bumps in the road.
The system of springs, shock absorbers, and other parts that connects the body of a vehicle to its wheels and helps absorb bumps and vibrations from the road.
A liquid or gas with tiny solid pieces mixed through it that do not dissolve and can slowly fall to the bottom.
A heterogeneous mixture in which small solid particles are distributed throughout a liquid or gas but are not dissolved and may separate out over time.
The state of something hanging from above, not resting on the ground.
The state or act of something being hung from above so that it is supported at a single point or along a line rather than from below.
In music, a note that continues from one chord into the next and sounds wrong for a moment before it moves to a note that fits.
In music, a note carried over from a previous chord that temporarily clashes with the new chord and then usually moves to a consonant note.
- Base: suspension
- Plural: suspension, suspensions
be on suspension
1be temporarily removed as punishment
To be in a period when you are not allowed to go to school, work, or a team because you did something wrong.
- The teacher is currently on suspension while the school investigates the complaint.
- He was on suspension for a week after the fight.
- Two employees are on suspension for breaking company rules.
in suspension
1particles spread through a fluid
Used to say that tiny solid pieces are mixed through a liquid or gas and have not fallen to the bottom yet.
- The sediment remains in suspension until the water is left to stand.
- These drugs are more stable when the particles are kept in suspension.
- The engineer measured how long the dust stayed in suspension in the air.
suspension bridge
1bridge with roadway hanging from cables
A type of bridge where the road is hung from long cables that are held up by tall towers.
- The city is famous for its historic suspension bridge across the river.
- Engineers chose a suspension bridge design to span the wide bay.
- We walked across the old suspension bridge that shook slightly in the wind.
suspension of disbelief
1choosing to accept fiction as real
The decision to forget that a film, book, or show is not real so that you can enjoy the story.
- Science-fiction movies require a certain suspension of disbelief from the audience.
- The special effects were so poor that they ruined my suspension of disbelief.
- Good acting helps viewers maintain their suspension of disbelief.