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suspensive
[suh-spen-siv]
adjective
pertaining to or characterized by suspension.
undecided in mind.
pertaining to or characterized by suspense.
(of words, phrases, etc.) characterized by or expressing suspense; keeping the reader or listener in suspense.
having the effect of suspending the operation of something.
suspensive
/ əˈɛԲɪ /
adjective
having the power of deferment; effecting suspension
causing, characterized by, or relating to suspense
inclined to defer judgment; undecided
Other Word Forms
- suspensively adverb
- suspensiveness noun
- nonsuspensive adjective
- nonsuspensively adverb
- nonsuspensiveness noun
- ܲˈԲ adverb
- ܲˈԲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of suspensive1
Example Sentences
An appeal has no suspensive effect, meaning people can be deporting during a pending trial.
“We intend to examine our options, including our likely decision to file a suspensive appeal of this judgment before the deadline of Aug. 26.”
“We appealed suspensively, which means we have continued to pay him the corrected and reduced amount of his benefit,” she wrote in an email.
Football's world governing body said in a statement: "The chairman of the Fifa appeal committee considered that the appeal lodged by the club is to be granted suspensive effect."
As the following quotation shows, it is interesting as detailing a few of the steps by which Darwin reached that suspensive stage.
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