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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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| 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. |
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Adjourn
Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjourned; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjourning.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. Journal, Journey.] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. --Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. --Shak. Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. Usage: To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.Adjourn
Ad*journ"\, v. i. To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : adjourn
Spanish:
aplazar,
German:
vertagen,
Japanese:
延期する, 休会する
adjourn
1330, 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" (1641) is colloquial.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ad·journ
Pronunciation: &-'j&rn
Function: transitive verb
: to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally <adjourning the session> intransitive verb : to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : suspend formal business or procedure and disband
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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