Adjourn

//əˈd͡ʒɝn// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To postpone. transitive

    "The trial was adjourned for a week."

  2. 2
    close at the end of a session wordnet
  3. 3
    To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. transitive

    "It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time."

  4. 4
    break from a meeting or gathering wordnet
  5. 5
    To end or suspend an event. intransitive

    "The court will adjourn for lunch."

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  1. 6
    To move as a group from one place to another. formal, intransitive, uncommon

    "After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar."

Synonyms

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break upbreak upclosecontinuecurbdefer

Example

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"I move that the meeting adjourn."

Etymology

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

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