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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
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Derived Forms
- adˈjournment, noun
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Other Words From
- pre·ad·journ verb
- re·ad·journ verb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adjourn1
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Example Sentences
[H]e may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper.
Boehner turned the vote to adjourn into a proxy battle over the tax cuts, and Speaker Pelosi won by a mere 210 votes to 209.
The thought of making anything good enough to sell was inspiring, and they worked with a will till it was time to adjourn.
Now, without further comment, I move that this Congress adjourn sine die.
Now, I am going to propose that when you adjourn, it be to meet at Court Square, to-morrow morning at nine o'clock.
I move that the Conference adjourn until half-past seven o'clock this evening.
The motion to adjourn was agreed to; ayes 17, noes 3, and the Conference adjourned.
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