adjourned

American  

[uh-jurnd] / əˈdʒɜrnd /

adjective

1. (of a club or committee meeting, legislative or court session, etc.)

   1. formally ended or closed.

      This July will see a reopening of the adjourned inquest, in light of subsequent collisions involving similar transport trucks.

   2. 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.

   3. 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.

2. 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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of adjourn.

Other Word Forms

• unadjourned
  adjective

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

The inquest was adjourned until a further pre-inquest review on 1 December.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The Monday meeting adjourned in just under three hours — with board members using less than the four hours set aside on their schedule.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

On Friday, judges convicted 386 of them, while two were acquitted, eight were discharged, and the cases of 112 suspects were adjourned, officials said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Instead, a spokesperson pointed to public remarks Kotek made in support of public funding for the Blazers arena as the Legislature adjourned.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

It was a little after four in the afternoon, the time court normally adjourned.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Related Words

• delayed
• negotiated
• postponed