suspense

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.

   “For thee the Fates, severely kind, ordain / A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain; / Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; / No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.”

2. isim The pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
3. isim The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.

   “Ten days the prophet in suspense remain'd.”

4. isim A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
5. isim A deadline.

   “She sent us that assignment with a suspense of noon tomorrow.”

6. sıfat Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

   “[The great light of day] suspens in heav'n.”

7. sıfat Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

   “Expectation held his look suspense.”