how to pronounce suspend

/səsˈpɛnd/

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suspend is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of suspend pronunciation

An example use of suspend in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Eve and we suspend this guy for gross …”

meaning of suspend

Suspend means to put something in a state of inactivity or to stop something temporarily.

suspend frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word suspend occurs in english on average 3.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics suspend can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that suspend can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;