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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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The meaning of ADJOURN is to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time. How to use adjourn in a sentence.
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 the meeting of (a legislature, court, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely. 2. to defer or postpone (a meeting) to a later time. 3. to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future time.
adjourn in American English. (əˈdʒɜːrn) transitive verb. 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.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb adjourn. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
To adjourn is to close a session of something, like at court. People also adjourn when they go to bed.
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 stop a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, for a period of time The court adjourned for lunch. adjourn something The trial has been adjourned until next week. The chairman may adjourn the meeting at any time.
to stop a meeting, especially a legal process, for a period of time or until a later date: The judge adjourned the case until March 31.
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