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- Dictionaryadjournment/əˈdʒəːnm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. an act or period of adjourning or being adjourned: "she sought an adjournment of the trial"
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the temporary ending of a meeting or trial, or the period of time during which it is temporarily ended: This trial has a history of delays and repeated adjournments. The judge granted the request for an adjournment. The Senate passed the bill, but the House didn't vote on it before adjournment.
the temporary ending of a meeting or trial, or the period of time during which it is temporarily ended: This trial has a history of delays and repeated adjournments. The judge granted the request for an adjournment. The Senate passed the bill, but the House didn't vote on it before adjournment.
The meaning of ADJOURNMENT is the act of adjourning. How to use adjournment in a sentence.
Adjournment definition: the act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned. . See examples of ADJOURNMENT used in a sentence.
noun. /əˈdʒɜːnmənt/ /əˈdʒɜːrnmənt/ [countable, uncountable] (formal) a time when a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, is stopped for a period of time; the fact of stopping a meeting or an official process in this way. The judge granted us a short adjournment. Topics Working life c2. Take your English to the next level.
When you end something or postpone it to a later time, that's an adjournment. When an initially friendly meeting becomes an angry shouting match, it might be time for an adjournment. Members at a company board meeting might request an adjournment for lunch, agreeing to reconvene in an hour.
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.
