suspension
part of speech
noun (a suspension, suspensions; also uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Suspension is when a pupil is not allowed to come to school for a time as a punishment. tree →
2) A suspension is a pause or stop to something for a time: suspension of a game or service. tree →
3) A vehicle's suspension is the springs and parts that make the ride smooth over bumps. tree →
4) (science) A suspension is a liquid with tiny bits of a solid floating in it that do not dissolve, like muddy water. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school life: suspension for serious bad behaviour. In science: mixtures — solution, suspension; filtering removes the solid bits. In technology: suspension bridges hang from cables; car suspension. Phrases: suspension bridge, on suspension, suspension of play.
examples
- The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge. tree →
- He got a two-day suspension for fighting. tree →
- Muddy water is a suspension, so we can filter it. tree →
- The suspension of play was due to rain. tree →
- The car's suspension made the bumpy ride smooth. tree →
- There was a suspension of train services during the storm. tree →
note
Verb: suspend. Countable or uncountable. In science: in a solution the solid dissolves (salt water); in a suspension it does not, and settles if left (muddy water). Suspension of disbelief means pretending a story is real while you enjoy it.
In the corpora
- Then his new secondary school asked about the suspension, because it was on his record.
- A suspension (also called an exclusion) means a pupil must stay away from school for a set number of days.
- A suspension is not a holiday; the pupil still has to do schoolwork and falls behind.
- Serious incidents like suspensions are written on a pupil's school record, which a new school can see.
- A suspension bridge hangs its road from huge cables slung over tall towers.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «suspension» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.