See Also: suspense(1)(dictionary)
suspense(2)(dictionary)
suspense(dictionary)
SUSPENSE(law)
Suspense account(money)
Suspense account(finance)

octet (iou) and suspense (oh)


octet (iou)



octet noun. Also octette. M19.
[Italian ottetto or German Oktett, assim. to OCTA-, OCTO-, -ET1, after duet, quartet.]
Music. A composition for eight voices or instruments. M19.
A group of eight lines of verse; spec. the first eight lines of a sonnet. L19.
A group of eight persons or things; esp. (Music) a group of eight singers or instrumentalists. L19.
b. Physics & Chemistry. A stable group of eight electrons in an electron shell of an atom. E20.
c. Nuclear Physics. A multiplet of eight subatomic particles. M20.

suspense (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: suspendre; SUSPEND]
a feeling of excitement or anxiety when you do not know what will happen next
-see also tension tension in suspense
::They kept us in suspense for over two hours.
::Come on then, tell me what happened; the suspense is killing me (=I feel very excited or anxious because I do not know what will happen next) .
::She couldn't bear the suspense a moment longer.
suspense novel/story/movie etc
(=one which is exciting because you do not know what will happen next)