Collocations for suspend - verb
1. delay sth
ADVERB
immediately
indefinitely
temporarily
Funding for the new building has been temporarily suspended.
indefinitely
temporarily
Funding for the new building has been temporarily suspended.
effectively
VERB + suspend
agree to,
decide to,
vote to
They have decided to suspend production at the country's biggest plant.
They have decided to suspend production at the country's biggest plant.
threaten to
be forced to
be forced to
2. stop sb from working, going to school, etc.
ADVERB
automatically,
formally
(esp. BrE)
The players will be automatically suspended.
The players will be automatically suspended.
indefinitely,
permanently
temporarily
temporarily
PREPOSITION
for
We both got suspended for fighting.
We both got suspended for fighting.
from
The girls had been suspended from school for five days.
The girls had been suspended from school for five days.
pending
She was suspended pending the outcome of the police investigation.
She was suspended pending the outcome of the police investigation.
PHRASES
be suspended on full pay
(BrE)
She has been suspended on full pay following a disciplinary hearing.
She has been suspended on full pay following a disciplinary hearing.
be suspended with pay,
be suspended without pay
Suspend is used with these nouns as the object:
activity, aid, congress, constitution, disbelief, execution, flight, industrial action, judgement, licence, parliament, payment, relation, sentence, service, shipment, talk, writ
activity, aid, congress, constitution, disbelief, execution, flight, industrial action, judgement, licence, parliament, payment, relation, sentence, service, shipment, talk, writ