suspension
/səˈspɛnʃən/ sustantivo C1En español: suspensión
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended. · suspension from a hook
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension). · suspension from school as a disciplinary measure
- The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
Plural suspensions
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“But,” said the Englishman, “this looks very much like a suspension of payment.”
He recounted his early career, describing a pedestrian suspension bridge he had designed in the vibrant heart of the Irish capital.
Arthur smiled and said, “May your performance possess the unyielding strength of a properly anchored suspension bridge.”
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