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Suspend means to temporarily stop, to hang from above, or to defer. Regular verb: suspend-suspended-suspended.
Meanings
- To temporarily stop or interrupt
- To hang from above
- To officially stop someone from duties
Common Collocations
suspend operations
suspend judgment
suspended animation
suspended sentence
suspend disbelief
Tip for Learners
Suspend disbelief means to accept fiction as reality temporarily. Suspended sentence is a postponed punishment.
Present Simple
| I | suspend |
| you | suspend |
| he/she/it | suspends |
| we | suspend |
| they | suspend |
Examples - Present Simple
- I suspend my judgment.
- You suspend disbelief.
- She suspends the student.
- We suspend operations.
- They suspend the account.
Present Continuous
| I | am suspending |
| you | are suspending |
| he/she/it | is suspending |
| we | are suspending |
| they | are suspending |
Examples - Present Continuous
- I am suspending my judgment.
- You are suspending disbelief.
- She is suspending the student.
- We are suspending operations.
- They are suspending the account.
Present Perfect
| I | have suspended |
| you | have suspended |
| he/she/it | has suspended |
| we | have suspended |
| they | have suspended |
Examples - Present Perfect
- I have suspended my judgment.
- You have suspended disbelief.
- She has suspended the student.
- We have suspended operations.
- They have suspended the account.
Present Perfect Continuous
| I | have been suspending |
| you | have been suspending |
| he/she/it | has been suspending |
| we | have been suspending |
| they | have been suspending |
Examples - Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been suspending judgment.
- You have been suspending disbelief.
- She has been suspending students.
- We have been suspending operations.
- They have been suspending accounts.
Past Simple
| I | suspended |
| you | suspended |
| he/she/it | suspended |
| we | suspended |
| they | suspended |
Examples - Past Simple
- I suspended my judgment.
- You suspended disbelief.
- She suspended the student.
- We suspended operations.
- They suspended the account.
Past Continuous
| I | was suspending |
| you | were suspending |
| he/she/it | was suspending |
| we | were suspending |
| they | were suspending |
Examples - Past Continuous
- I was suspending judgment.
- You were suspending disbelief.
- She was suspending the student.
- We were suspending operations.
- They were suspending the account.
Past Perfect
| I | had suspended |
| you | had suspended |
| he/she/it | had suspended |
| we | had suspended |
| they | had suspended |
Examples - Past Perfect
- I had suspended my judgment.
- You had suspended disbelief.
- She had suspended the student.
- We had suspended operations.
- They had suspended the account.
Past Perfect Continuous
| I | had been suspending |
| you | had been suspending |
| he/she/it | had been suspending |
| we | had been suspending |
| they | had been suspending |
Examples - Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been suspending judgment.
- You had been suspending disbelief.
- He had been suspending students.
- We had been suspending operations.
- They had been suspending accounts.
Future Simple
| I | will suspend |
| you | will suspend |
| he/she/it | will suspend |
| we | will suspend |
| they | will suspend |
Examples - Future Simple
- I will suspend my judgment.
- You will suspend disbelief.
- She will suspend the student.
- We will suspend operations.
- They will suspend the account.
Future Continuous
| I | will be suspending |
| you | will be suspending |
| he/she/it | will be suspending |
| we | will be suspending |
| they | will be suspending |
Examples - Future Continuous
- I will be suspending judgment.
- You will be suspending disbelief.
- He will be suspending students.
- We will be suspending operations.
- They will be suspending accounts.
Future Perfect
| I | will have suspended |
| you | will have suspended |
| he/she/it | will have suspended |
| we | will have suspended |
| they | will have suspended |
Examples - Future Perfect
- I will have suspended my judgment.
- You will have suspended disbelief.
- She will have suspended the student.
- We will have suspended operations.
- They will have suspended the account.
Future Perfect Continuous
| I | will have been suspending |
| you | will have been suspending |
| he/she/it | will have been suspending |
| we | will have been suspending |
| they | will have been suspending |
Examples - Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been suspending judgment.
- You will have been suspending disbelief.
- He will have been suspending students.
- We will have been suspending operations.
- They will have been suspending accounts.