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suspensive

suspensive

7.7
Causing a temporary stop or delay to an action
  • adjective
  • /səˈspɛnsɪv/
translation icon : suspensivo
  • What a suspensive situation!

Examples

  • The court issued a suspensive order to temporarily halt the construction project.

  • A suspensive effect was granted, delaying the implementation of the new law.

  • The contract included a suspensive clause that postponed payment until delivery.

  • This is a suspensive moment.

  • The judge's ruling had a suspensive effect, halting all proceedings until the legal issues were clarified.

  • Due to the suspensive nature of the new policy, the company's expansion plans are temporarily on hold.

  • The contract included a suspensive clause that delayed any actions until certain conditions were met.

Synonyms

interruptive
vssuspensive
1 6.5

Causing a short break in activity or attention

causes a temporary stop or delay rather than only a brief break

Antonyms

continuation
56 3.6

An act of something keeping going without stopping

Surface Forms

suspensive positive

Morphology

suspensive = suspend (transparent) = suspend + ive

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ive' to the verb 'suspend', yielding 'causing or relating to suspension'.

Etymology

Suspensive comes from suspend, which originally means 'to hang' or 'hold up', like something stopped in the air. So, a suspensive order or clause 'holds up' an action and causes a temporary pause or delay.