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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
- adjournment noun
- preadjourn verb
- readjourn verb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of adjourn1
Example Sentences
The coroner said their deaths were "violent or unnatural", but the full inquest was adjourned for the ongoing police investigation to be concluded.
Mr Linehan has pleaded not guilty to charges of harassment and criminal damage in a separate case, which has been adjourned until 29 October, with the comedian released on bail.
The countries that voted in favour of adjourning the talks included Russia, Saudi Arabia and the US.
With the House adjourned for the shutdown and the Senate only taking periodic, futile votes to open the government, D.C. was easily 10 degrees cooler.
An inquest into Beard's death was opened and adjourned on 29 September.
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