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# suspended

«suspended» in Mova's school dictionary: **Hung from above (a lamp suspended from the ceiling)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hung from above (a lamp suspended from the ceiling). [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x1)
- The match was suspended because of lightning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x2)
- He was suspended from school for fighting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x3)
- The player was suspended for three games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x4)
- Train services are suspended until further notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x5)
- Tiny bits of mud were suspended in the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/#x6)
- The spider was suspended on a silk thread. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- ["Emergency measures" can mean that normal rights and laws are suspended (stopped for a while).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/11/)
- [Jake was suspended for three days after a fight in the dinner hall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/0/)
- [When Jake was suspended for fighting, the school phoned his dad at the warehouse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/0/)
- [When a child is suspended, a parent often has to leave work to collect them and look after them at home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suspended» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspended/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.