adjourn

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈdʒɝn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈdʒɜːn/

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adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)

1. (transitive) To postpone.

   The trial was adjourned for a week.

2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
   • Barrow

     It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.

3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

   The court will adjourn for lunch.

   • 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26,

     The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.”

4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.

   After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

• adjournment

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