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# suspension

«suspension» in Mova's school dictionary: **when a pupil is not allowed to come to school for a time…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a suspension, suspensions; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Suspension is when a pupil is not allowed to come to school for a time as a punishment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#m1)

2) A suspension is a pause or stop to something for a time: suspension of a game or service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#m2)

3) A vehicle's suspension is the springs and parts that make the ride smooth over bumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#m3)

4) (science) A suspension is a liquid with tiny bits of a solid floating in it that do not dissolve, like muddy water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school life: suspension for serious bad behaviour. In science: mixtures — solution, suspension; filtering removes the solid bits. In technology: suspension bridges hang from cables; car suspension. Phrases: suspension bridge, on suspension, suspension of play.

### examples

- The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#x1)
- He got a two-day suspension for fighting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#x2)
- Muddy water is a suspension, so we can filter it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#x3)
- The suspension of play was due to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#x4)
- The car's suspension made the bumpy ride smooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#x5)
- There was a suspension of train services during the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspension/#x6)

### note

Verb: suspend. Countable or uncountable. In science: in a solution the solid dissolves (salt water); in a suspension it does not, and settles if left (muddy water). Suspension of disbelief means pretending a story is real while you enjoy it.

### In the corpora

- [Then his new secondary school asked about the suspension, because it was on his record.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/3/)
- [A suspension (also called an exclusion) means a pupil must stay away from school for a set number of days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/17/)
- [A suspension is not a holiday; the pupil still has to do schoolwork and falls behind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/18/)
- [Serious incidents like suspensions are written on a pupil's school record, which a new school can see.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/375-what-fights-cost-at-school/19/)
- [A suspension bridge hangs its road from huge cables slung over tall towers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/30-bridges-and-skyscrapers/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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