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suspend

/səsˈpend/suh-SPEND
/səsˈpɛnd/suh-SPEND

Meaningto hang up

Common meaning: to hang up

Other meanings: to stop for a while

‘under, up (form of sub-)’ + ‘to weigh’ → suspend

Journey through time

  1. Latinpendō; pendeō‘to weigh’
  2. Frenchsuspendre
  3. Middle Englishsuspendensource
  4. Englishsuspend‘to hang up’ · today

pend also in: pendantpendulumdependexpendponder

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pendō; pendeō ‘to weigh; to hang’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pendō, p. 1328 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

compensatedependexpendimpendingpendantpendulumpensionperpendicularponder

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