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sus·pense
(sə-spĕns′)n.
1. Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation: The suspense as they were announcing the winners was unbearable.
2. The quality in a work of narrative art, such as a novel or film, that causes the audience to experience pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome.
3. Archaic The state or quality of being undecided, uncertain, or indecisive: the suspense of judgment.
[Middle English suspense, delay, uncertainty, from Old French souspense, from souspens, suspended, from Latin suspēnsus, past participle of suspendere, to suspend; see suspend.]
sus·pense′ful adj.
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suspense
(səˈspɛns)n
1. the condition of being insecure or uncertain: the matter of the succession remained in suspense for many years.
2. mental uncertainty; anxiety: their father's illness kept them in a state of suspense.
3. excitement felt at the approach of the climax: a play of terrifying suspense.
4. the condition of being suspended
[C15: from Medieval Latin suspensum delay, from Latin suspendere to hang up; see suspend]
susˈpenseful adj
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sus•pense
(səˈspɛns)n.
1. a state of mental uncertainty, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, accompanied by anxiety or excitement.
2. a state of mental indecision.
3. undecided or doubtful condition, as of affairs.
4. the state or condition of being suspended.
[1375–1425; < Latin suspēnsus, past participle of suspendere to hang up, leave undecided (see suspend)]
sus•pense′ful, adj.
sus•pense′ful•ly, adv.
sus•pense′ful•ness, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  suspense - apprehension about what is going to happenapprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" |
| 2. | suspense - an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years" doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty - the state of being unsure of something | |
| 3. | suspense - excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense" anticipation, expectancy - an expectation |
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suspense
noun uncertainty, doubt, tension, anticipation, expectation, anxiety, insecurity, expectancy, apprehension a writer who holds the suspense throughout her tale
in suspense on tenterhooks, anxious, on edge, keyed up, in an agony of doubt, with bated breath 'Go on, don't leave us in suspense,' Dennis said.
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Translations
تَشْوِيقتَعْليق، تَرَقُّب، تَشْويق
napětí
spænding
jännitys
neizvjesnost
spenna, óvissa, eftirvænting
不安
긴장감
spänning
ความวิตกกังวล
askıda kalışbelirsizlik durumukuşku ve gerilimli bekleyiş
sự hồi hộp
suspense
[səsˈpens]A. N → incertidumbre f (Theat, Cine) → intriga f, suspense m
to keep sb in suspense → mantener a algn en vilo
don't keep me in suspense! → ¡no me tengas en vilo!
the suspense became unbearable → la tensión se hizo inaguantable
the suspense is killing me! → ¡no puedo con tanta emoción!
to keep sb in suspense → mantener a algn en vilo
don't keep me in suspense! → ¡no me tengas en vilo!
the suspense became unbearable → la tensión se hizo inaguantable
the suspense is killing me! → ¡no puedo con tanta emoción!
B. CPD suspense account N → cuenta f en suspenso, cuenta f transitoria
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
suspense
[səˈspɛns] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
suspense
n (in book, film etc) → Spannung f; the suspense is killing me → ich bin gespannt wie ein Regenschirm (hum inf); to keep somebody in suspense → jdn in Spannung halten, jdn auf die Folter spannen (inf); to wait in suspense → gespannt or voller Spannung warten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
suspense
[səˈspɛns] n → incertezza, apprensione f; (in film, book) → suspense fwe waited in suspense → attendevamo ansiosamente
the suspense is killing me! → muoio dalla curiosità!
to keep sb in suspense → tenere qn in sospeso
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suspend
(səˈspend) verb1. to hang. The meat was suspended from a hook.
2. to keep from falling or sinking. Particles of dust are suspended in the air.
3. to stop or discontinue temporarily. All business will be suspended until after the funeral.
4. to prevent (a person) temporarily from continuing his (professional) activities or having his usual privileges. Two footballers were suspended after yesterday's match.
suspended ˈsentence noun a prison sentence that will take effect only if the criminal commits a (similar) crime again.
suˈspenders noun plural1. a pair, or set, of elastic straps for holding up socks or stockings.
2. (American) braces for holding up trousers.
suˈspense (-s) noun a state of uncertainty and anxiety. We waited in suspense for the result of the competition.
suˈspension (-ʃən) noun1. the act of suspending.
2. in a motor vehicle etc, the system of springs etc supporting the frame on the axles.
3. a liquid with solid particles that do not sink.
suspension bridge a type of bridge that has its roadway suspended from cables supported by towers.
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suspense
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