SUSPENSE
\səspˈɛns], \səspˈɛns], \s_ə_s_p_ˈɛ_n_s]\
Definitions of SUSPENSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"
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excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"
By Princeton University
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an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"
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excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
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Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
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The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
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Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
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A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
By Oddity Software
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A state of uncertainty, doubt, or anxiety; indecision; act of withholding, as judgment.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State of being suspended: act of withholding the judgment: uncertainty: indecision: stop betwixt two opposites.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A state of uncertainty; indetermination; indecision ;-cessation for a time; stop; -in law, a temporary suspension of a man’s right.
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