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adjourn
[uh-jurn]
verb (used with object)
to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely.
At this point in the trial, the judge adjourned the court session so the defense could access and review the test results.
to defer or postpone to a later time.
Too many board members would have been absent, so the chair adjourned the meeting to next Monday.
to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body, or to a future time, specified or not specified.
We will adjourn discussion of point 5.2 to our April meeting.
verb (used without object)
to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
to go to another place.
After dinner the ladies adjourned to the parlor.
adjourn
/ əˈdʒɜːn /
verb
(intr) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session
to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place
(tr) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer
informal, (intr)
to move elsewhere
let's adjourn to the kitchen
to stop work
Other Word Forms
- preadjourn verb
- readjourn verb
- adjournment noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of adjourn1
Example Sentences
The Senate adjourned Thursday with no plans to meet again until Monday.
An inquest into Al-Shamie's death has been opened and adjourned at Manchester Coroner's Court.
Following Pitchfork's failed legal bid, a Parole Board Panel met in May and June 2025, but adjourned after finding there was "insufficient time" to hear the evidence.
The inquests were opened and adjourned at Manchester Coroner's Court by the chief coroner for England and Wales, Judge Alexia Durran.
Judge Alexia Durran, the chief coroner of England and Wales, said they were her provisional findings as she opened and then adjourned the inquests into the men's deaths until early next year.
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