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suspense

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
suspense/səˈspens/

▶noun

1 a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

2 chiefly Law the temporary cessation or suspension of something.

– derivatives
suspenseful adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. suspens ‘abeyance’, based on L. suspensus, suspendere (see suspend).

'suspense' also found in these Oxford entries:

bated - cliffhanger - heart-stopping - kill - misery - suspense account - suspensive - tenterhook - twist

Forum discussions with the word(s) "suspense" in the title:

An adjective that means "kept in suspense"
honours for suspense
I can't stand the suspense
it cuts suspense knowing the ending
keep/put someone in suspense
Let's increase the suspense.
students focus intently on writing their own suspense stories

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