adjourn
Americanverb (used with object)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
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to go to another place.
After dinner the ladies adjourned to the parlor.
verb
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(intr) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session
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to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place
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(tr) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer
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informal (intr)
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to move elsewhere
let's adjourn to the kitchen
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to stop work
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Other Word Forms
- adjournment noun
- preadjourn verb
- readjourn verb
Etymology
Origin of adjourn
1300–50; Middle English ajo ( u ) rnen < Middle French ajo ( u ) rner, equivalent to a- ad- + jorn- < Latin diurnus daily; journal, journey
Example Sentences
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The short hearing was adjourned at Cambridge Crown Court and proceedings are due to resume on 28 January.
From BBC
The hearing Saturday was adjourned until Monday after the metropolitan said he was feeling unwell.
From Washington Times
The coroner, acknowledging the "late bombshells" around the embargo extension, adjourned matters concerning prevention of future deaths.
From BBC
The budget still must get a final approval by the General Assembly before it adjourns its annual 90-day legislative session on April 10.
From Washington Post
Many observers believed the Manhattan grand jury was likely to adjourn for several weeks without voting on an indictment.
From Salon
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