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Adjourn

//əˈd͡ʒɝn// verb

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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."

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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