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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.
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.
adjourn in British English. (əˈdʒɜːn ) verb. 1. (intransitive) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session. 2. to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place. 3. (transitive) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer.
ADJOURN definition: to stop a meeting, especially a legal process, for a period of time or until a later date: . Learn more.
Definition of adjourn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To adjourn is to close a session of something, like at court. People also adjourn when they go to bed.
1. To suspend proceedings to another time or place. 2. To move to a new location, especially to a less formal setting: After the meal, we adjourned to the living room.
adjourn. verb. /əˈdʒərn/. [intransitive, transitive, often passive] Verb Forms. 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.
ADJOURN meaning: 1 : to end something (such as a meeting or session) for a period of time; 2 : to leave one place and go to (another place) after the end of a meeting, discussion, etc. often used humorously.
