suspended

adjective

Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

Hung from above.

(law) suspended sentence

(medicine) suspended animation

(of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.

(botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.

(chemistry) A chemical suspension

(music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.

Roots

subsus- · Latin · under, below pendo-pend · Latin · hang, weigh

Synonyms for suspended

pensile danglingn hangingn hungv discontinuedadj pendentn pendingadj interruptedadj

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Where does suspended come from?

The word suspended breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sus-, from Latin sub (“under, below”); and -pend, from Latin pendo (“hang, weigh”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.