different between suspend vs suspending

English

Etymology

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s?p?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

suspend (third-person singular simple present suspends, present participle suspending, simple past and past participle suspended)

1. To halt something temporarily.
   • 1656, John Denham, The Destruction of Troy

     The guard nor fights nor flies; their fate so near / At once suspends their courage and their fear.
2. To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
3. To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

4. To hang freely; underhang.

5. To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
6. (obsolete) To make to depend.
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons

     God hath all along in the Scripture suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.

7. To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
   • 1633, Robert Sanderson, Reason and Judgement

     Whether good men should be suspended from the exercise of their ministry , and deprived of their livelyhood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent.

8. (chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
9. (travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

Antonyms

• (to halt something temporarily; to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event): resume

Translations

See also

• suspension, suspenders

Anagrams

• send-ups, sends up, sendups, upsends

French

Verb

suspend

1. third-person singular present indicative of suspendre

English

Verb

suspending

1. present participle of suspend