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# How to pronounce "suspends" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/sʌspɛnds/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **su·spends**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "suspends" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Uh right as right as Trump uh comes into power and is inaugurated and then Trump suspends enforcement of this law, there is a binding US law saying Tik Tok should be banned right now. And Trump says, "DOJ, do not enforce this law." And Tik Tok has lived in that strange uh legal purgatory ever since."
- **Watch at 46:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT1isKg52So&t=2768s)

### Example 2
> "The difference, I think, with our sexual revolution is that ours stuck, and I think the reason that ours stuck is because of 'the Pill.' That suspends female fertility and does so in a way that women can control, and that is invisible. That was so radical, and it came along as well with all sorts of changes to the economy."
- **Watch at 1:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9osWeVE2Tg8&t=119s)

### Example 3
> "everyone this level of falsification was unseen if Europe closes its door on us and suspends Visa liberalization for us I don't think we will have a good future I was an observer and I share the opinion that there were some significant violations you could see who voted for whom the elections were Fair we have the"
- **Watch at 2:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhDPlgDonYM&t=136s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "He suspends it by means of a long trill, and then suddenly by a few chords, and with a brilliant prelude, leads us to a popular dance with the peasant couples"
- **Watch at 456:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWg9JDU1oM&t=27382s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "It suspends that inference, right?"
- **Watch at 34:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXuI9fKDxso&t=2074s)

### Example 6
> "No. We do still have a constitution. If he suspends the constitution, as you might imagine in some fantasy, we were under great attack or something and he suspends the constitution, then there we have a crisis that we've never faced as a country before except possibly in the case of secession in 1860 to '61 where that was a constitutional crisis that ended up in with 750,000 a military dead."
- **Watch at 2:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGs34q9zpCI&t=131s)

### Example 7
> "now let's cross over to dw correspondent aaron tilton in moscow aaron what consequences does this have well it basically suspends the work of navalny's anti-corruption foundation in the broader russian federation moving forward and if the designation as an extremist organization is upheld it would basically bring them in line with extremist groups like far-right groups terrorist organizations or neo-nazi groups it would effectively"
- **Watch at 0:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2MXF2e9mE&t=36s)

### Example 8
> "so I think we're ahead for quite a heated debate here in Germany yes she's putting the pressure on her colleagues there so first Germany suspends weapons exports to Turkey then Mackel tells President erawan to halt his military offensive in Syria now the German Defense Minister is calling for an internationally controlled security zone"
- **Watch at 3:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGpOtetBqcI&t=238s)

### Example 9
> "the United Nations say Greece's move is illegal, inhumane, and risks putting lives in more danger. But the government sees it differently. This legislation suspends the submission of asylum applications, meaning that individuals who are detained will no longer enter the international protection process. As soon as an opportunity arises, they will be"
- **Watch at 1:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wypgx86wTOY&t=74s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "when the government suspends civil law in that day when you speak of rising in your strength your strength would be turned against yourself into the militia"
- **Watch at 196:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2JbDMtxaA4&t=11813s)


## How to Pronounce "suspends"

- **Syllables**: su · spends
- **IPA**: `/sʌspɛnds/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[suspend](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/suspend)

### Related Terms
[unsuspends](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/unsuspends), [resuspends](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/resuspends), [unsuspend](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/unsuspend), [resuspend](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/resuspend)

### Related Concepts
[stop](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stop)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “suspends”?
“suspends” is pronounced /sʌspɛnds/ (su · spends). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “suspends”?
“suspends” has 2 syllables: su · spends.

### What does “suspends” mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of suspend

### How can I hear “suspends” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “suspends” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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