[uh-jurn] 
| 1. | to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court. |
| 2. | to defer or postpone to a later time: They adjourned the meeting until the following Monday. |
| 3. | to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body. |
| 4. | to defer or postpone (a matter) to some future time, either specified or not specified. |
| 5. | to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings. |
| 6. | to go to another place: to adjourn to the parlor. |
| ad·journ (ə-jûrn') v. ad·journed, ad·journ·ing, ad·journs v. tr. To suspend until a later stated time. v. intr.
[Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajourner : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + jour, day (from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, daily, from diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).] ad·journ'ment n. |
