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ad·journ

   [uh-jurn]
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
6.
to go to another place: to adjourn to the parlor.

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

Related forms
pre·ad·journ, verb
re·ad·journ, verb
un·ad·journed, adjective

Can be confused: adjoin, adjourn.
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Example Sentences
  • At noon, the meetings will adjourn for an invitational luncheon honoring a special guest.
  • Congress is scheduled to adjourn on Friday but may run a few days late.
  • That would force the Senate to adjourn, and the filibuster would have succeeded for another day.
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adjourn (əˈdʒɜːn)
 
—vb
1.  (intr) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session
2.  to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place
3.  (tr) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer
4.  informal (intr)
 a.  to move elsewhere: let's adjourn to the kitchen
 b.  to stop work
 
[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]
 
ad'journment
 
—n

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adjourn
early 14c., from O.Fr. ajourner, from the phrase à jorn "to a stated day" (à "to" + journ "day," from L. diurnus "daily;" see diurnal). The sense is to set a date for a re-meeting. Meaning "to go in a body to another place" (1640s) is colloquial.
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