The principal suspended the student from classes for a week.
•Ted was suspended from school for three days.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
suspend — sus‧pend [səˈspend] verb [transitive] 1. to officially stop something from continuing or happening for a short time: • The company has suspended production at its Arkansas plant. • The troubled computer concern had to suspend dividend payments on … Financial and business terms
suspend — sus|pend [səˈspend] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop)¦ 2¦(leave a job/school)¦ 3¦(hang)¦ 4 suspend judgment 5 suspend disbelief 6 be suspended in something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: suspendre to hang up, interrupt , from Latin… … Dictionary of contemporary English
suspend — verb (T) 1 to officially stop something from continuing, especially for a short time: Sales of the drug will be suspended until more tests are completed. 2 to make someone leave school, a job, or an organization temporarily, especially because… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
suspend */*/ — UK [səˈspend] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms suspend : present tense I/you/we/they suspend he/she/it suspends present participle suspending past tense suspended past participle suspended 1) to officially stop someone from doing… … English dictionary
suspend — sus|pend [ sə spend ] verb transitive often passive ** 1. ) to officially stop something for a short time: Operations at the plant have been suspended because of safety concerns. a ) to officially stop someone from doing their job or going to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
suspend*/ — [səˈspend] verb [T] 1) to order someone to leave their job or school for a short period of time as a punishment 2) to officially stop something for a short time Operations at the plant have been suspended because of safety concerns.[/ex] 3)… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
suspend — [[t]səspe̱nd[/t]] ♦♦♦ suspends, suspending, suspended 1) VERB If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it. [V n] The union suspended strike action this week... [V n] A UN… … English dictionary
cut someone/something off — 1 they cut off his finger: SEVER, chop off, hack off; amputate. 2 oil and gas supplies were cut off: DISCONTINUE, break off, disconnect, suspend; stop, end … Useful english dictionary
exclude — ex|clude [ ık sklud ] verb transitive FORMAL *** 1. ) to deliberately not include something: These figures exclude cash receipts. exclude something from something: These costs have been excluded from our calculations. 2. ) to deliberately prevent … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Glossary of ancient Roman religion — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Ancient Roman religion … Wikipedia
exclude — exclude, debar, blackball, eliminate, rule out, shut out, disbar, suspend are comparable when meaning to prevent someone or something from forming part of something else as a member, a constituent, or a factor. Exclude implies a keeping out of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
