Definition of suspensory in English:
suspensory
adjective səˈspɛns(ə)risəˈspɛnsəri
1Holding and supporting an organ or part.
Example sentencesExamples
- The suspensory ligament of the right ovary is identified in this section.
- He later pulled a suspensory muscle in a leg while preparing for his return earlier this year.
- He then missed more time with a pulled suspensory ligament.
- The colt, who was sidelined from racing for a year from September 2001 to this September after tearing a suspensory ligament in his left front leg, fractured the splint bone and chipped a piece of the sesamsoid bone in the same leg.
2Relating to the deferral or suspension of an event, action, or legal obligation.
Example sentencesExamples
- The $20 million suspensory loan that has been represented as being a generous offer by the Government should have been made available last year.
- However, where companies are determined to press ahead, and can show good reason, the suspensory effect of the Regulation may be set aside on application to the Commission.
- Actions brought before the Court of Justice shall not have suspensory effect.
Origin
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin suspensorius 'used for hanging something up', from Latin suspendere (see suspend).
Rhymes
dispensary, incensory, ostensory, sensory
Definition of suspensory in US English:
suspensory
adjectivesəˈspensərēsəˈspɛnsəri
1Holding and supporting an organ or part.
Example sentencesExamples
- He then missed more time with a pulled suspensory ligament.
- The suspensory ligament of the right ovary is identified in this section.
- The colt, who was sidelined from racing for a year from September 2001 to this September after tearing a suspensory ligament in his left front leg, fractured the splint bone and chipped a piece of the sesamsoid bone in the same leg.
- He later pulled a suspensory muscle in a leg while preparing for his return earlier this year.
2Relating to the deferral or suspension of an event, action, or legal obligation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Actions brought before the Court of Justice shall not have suspensory effect.
- The $20 million suspensory loan that has been represented as being a generous offer by the Government should have been made available last year.
- However, where companies are determined to press ahead, and can show good reason, the suspensory effect of the Regulation may be set aside on application to the Commission.
Origin
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin suspensorius ‘used for hanging something up’, from Latin suspendere (see suspend).