adjourned
Americanadjective
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(of a club or committee meeting, legislative or court session, etc.)
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formally ended or closed.
This July will see a reopening of the adjourned inquest, in light of subsequent collisions involving similar transport trucks.
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suspended or stopped for the time being, to be resumed at a future time or another place.
In the case of an adjourned hearing, persons who were already heard do not need to be notified of the time of the hearing’s resumption.
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being the continuation of such a previously suspended meeting.
According to the bylaws, the adjourned meeting must be held at least 10 days after the original meeting.
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postponed or held over to a future occasion, a future specified or unspecified time, etc..
He told an anecdote from the 15th Chess Olympiad, about an adjourned game between Fischer and Botvinnik.
verb
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Etymology
Origin of adjourned
First recorded in 1530–40; adjourn ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; adjourn ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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Senior coroner Penelope Scholfield opened and adjourned the inquest to March 2027 and offered her "sincere condolences" to the wider family.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Area Coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool Paul Appleton opened and adjourned their inquests at Teesside Coroner's Court in short, consecutive hearings.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The court adjourned until August 27 to check whether the tests "correspond to Diego Armando Maradona or someone else," presiding judge Alberto Gaig said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The members adjourned without a vote to continue negotiations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
At the end of three days of intense litigation, the judge adjourned the proceedings in the late afternoon.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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