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- Dictionaryadjourn/əˈdʒəːn/
verb
- 1. break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later: "the meeting was adjourned until December 4"
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ADJOURN definition: 1. to have a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial: 2. to have a pause or rest during a…. Learn more.
1. : to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place. Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed. 2. : to move to another place. We adjourned to the library. Synonyms. prorogate. prorogue. recess. suspend. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of adjourn in a Sentence.
adjourn in British English. (əˈdʒɜːn ) verb. 1. (intransitive) (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. (transitive) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer.
Adjourn definition: to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely. See examples of ADJOURN used in a sentence.
To adjourn is to close a session of something, like at court. People also adjourn when they go to bed.
Definition of adjourn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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To close a session or meeting for a time. Congress adjourned for the summer. Webster's New World. To suspend proceedings to another time or place. American Heritage. To move from a place of meeting (to another place) Let's adjourn to the patio. Webster's New World. More Verb Definitions (6) Synonyms: retire. withdraw. break up. recess. prorogate.
ADJOURN definition: to stop a meeting, especially a legal process, for a period of time or until a later date: . Learn more.
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. (intr) informal. a. to move elsewhere: let's adjourn to the kitchen. b. to stop work.
