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Definitions for Adjourn
[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.
[3] to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body.
[4] to defer or postpone (a matter) to some future time, either specified or not specified.
[5] to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
[6] to go to another place: to adjourn to the parlor.
[7] (intr) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session
[8] to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place
[9] (tr) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer
[10] (intr) informal to move elsewhere let's adjourn to the kitchen to stop work
Words related to Adjourn
defer, recess, discontinue, delay, suspend, shelve, postpone, curb, restrain, stay, prorogue
Words nearby Adjourn
adjigo, adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment, adjt., adjudge, adjudicate, adjudication
Origin of Adjourn
1300–50; Middle English ajo(u)rnen < Middle French ajo(u)rner, equivalent to a- ad- + jorn- < Latin diurnus daily; see journal, journey
Words that may be confused with Adjourn
Other words from Adjourn
pre·ad·journ , verb
re·ad·journ , verb
un·ad·journed , adjective
Word origin for Adjourn
C14: from Old French ajourner to defer to an arranged day, from a- to + jour day, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus daily, from diēs day
Synonyms for Adjourn
defer, delay, discontinue, postpone, put off, recess, shelve, suspend, curb, prorogue, restrain, stay, hold off, hold over, hold up