suspensions
- 1Plural of suspension.
The committee issued several suspensions following the misconduct hearings.
Heavy-duty trucks need stronger suspensions to handle rough terrain.
Note
A regular -s plural, and it only makes sense where the noun can be counted. Several bans pending a misconduct inquiry, repeated delays or interruptions, or separate mixtures of undissolved particles in a fluid can all be suspensions. The more abstract uses usually stay singular and uncountable: the state of being suspended, or the doubt in which a speaker keeps a listener waiting for what comes next.
suspensions is a form of suspension
suspension, noun: The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to an automobile's wheels, allowing it to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants. Full entry
- Forms
- suspensionsuspensions plural
- Spelling
- suspension → suspensions: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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