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adjourn

[ uh-jurn ]
/ əˈdʒɜrn /
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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.
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Origin of adjourn

1300–50; Middle English ajo(u)rnen<Middle French ajo(u)rner, equivalent to a-ad- + jorn-<Latin diurnus daily; see journal, journey

OTHER WORDS FROM adjourn

pre·ad·journ, verbre·ad·journ, verb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjourn

adjoin, adjourn
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British Dictionary definitions for adjourn

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
(intr) informal
  1. to move elsewherelet's adjourn to the kitchen
  2. to stop work

Derived forms of adjourn

adjournment, noun

Word Origin for adjourn

C14: from Old French ajourner to defer to an arranged day, from a- to + jour day, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus daily, from diēs day
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