To suspend means to temporarily stop something or to hang something from above. You can suspend a rule, a student, or a light from the ceiling.
From Latin 'suspendere' meaning 'to hang up, interrupt', from 'sub-' (from below) and 'pendere' (to hang). It originally referred to literal hanging and later to pausing actions or decisions.
When a game is 'suspended', it’s like it’s hanging in midair, waiting to be finished. The word links a physical picture—a body hanging—to the abstract idea of time being put on hold.
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