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- Dictionarysuspense/səˈspɛns/
noun
- 1. a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen: "come on, Fran, don't keep me in suspense!"
- 2. the temporary cessation or suspension of something.
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the feeling of excitement or nervousness that you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be: She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him. The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen).
The meaning of SUSPENSE is the state of being suspended : suspension. How to use suspense in a sentence.
Suspense definition: a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.. See examples of SUSPENSE used in a sentence.
Suspense is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen very soon, for example about some news that you are waiting to hear. The England manager will end the suspense at a team meeting tomorrow.
the feeling of excitement or nervousness that you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be: She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him. The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen).
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 )]
Suspense is a feeling of excited waiting. If you have been waiting for weeks to get an answer to your proposal of marriage, you are being kept in suspense. The verb form, suspend, literally means to keep hanging. Suspense can be used in all sorts of ways.
noun. /səˈspens/ [uncountable] a feeling of worry or excitement that you have when you feel that something is going to happen, somebody is going to tell you some news, etc. a tale of mystery and suspense. Don't keep us in suspense. Tell us what happened! I couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
In literature, films, television, and plays, suspense is a major device for securing and maintaining interest. It may be of several major types: in one, the outcome is uncertain and the suspense resides in the question of who, what, or how; in another, the outcome is inevitable from foregoing events, and the suspense resides in the ...
Suspense definition: Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation.
