Adjourn

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ədʒɜː(r)n/

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Verb

Adjourn (third-person singular simple present Adjourns, present participle Adjourning, simple past and past participle Adjourned)

1. (transitive) To postpone.

   The trial was adjourned for a week.

2. (transitive) Temporarily ending an event with intentions to complete it at another time or place.
3. (intransitive) Of an event: To end or suspend

   The court will adjourn for lunch.

4. (intransitive) To move from one place to another.

   After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

Thesaurus

break up; close; continue; curb; defer; delay; disband; discontinue; disperse; dissolve; drag out; extend; hang fire; hang up; hold back; hold off; hold over; hold up; lay aside; lay by; lay over; pigeonhole; postpone; prolong; prorogate; prorogue; protract; push aside; put aside; put off; put on ice; recess; reserve; restrain; rise; set aside; set by; shelve; shift off; sleep on; stand over; stave off; stay; stretch out; suspend; table; take a recess; terminate; waive

See also

• adjournment