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 Definitions of adjourn  [əˈdʒɜrn]  

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Definition of 'adjourn' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) adjourn
to suspend the meeting of (a legislature, court, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely.

2.  adjourn
to defer or postpone (a meeting) to a later time.

3.  adjourn
to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future time.

4. (v.i.) adjourn
to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.

5.  adjourn
to go to another place:
to adjourn to the living room.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME ajo(u)rnen < OF ajo(u)rner, v. der. of phrase a jorn (nome) to an (appointed) day; see ad -, journey)

Definition of 'adjourn' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) adjourn, recess, break up
close at the end of a session
"The court adjourned"

2. (verb) adjourn, withdraw, retire
break from a meeting or gathering
"We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"


Definition of 'adjourn' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) adjourn
to put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate

2. (verb) adjourn
to suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day


Translation of 'adjourn' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to stop (a meeting etc), intending to continue it at another time or place
We shall adjourn (the meeting) until Wednesday.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verdaag Arabic flag Arabic: يُؤَجِّل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отлагам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: adiar Czech flag Czech: odložit German flag German: vertagen
Danish flag Danish: udsætte; udskyde Greek flag Greek: διακόπτω προσωρινά, αναβά Spanish flag Spanish: aplazar
Estonian flag Estonian: katkestama, edasi lükkama Farsi flag Farsi: به بعد موکول کردن Finnish flag Finnish: lykätä
French flag French: ajourner (à) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִדְחוֹת, לָצֵאת לְהַפסָק Hindi flag Hindi: स्थगित करना
Croatian flag Croatian: odgoditi Hungarian flag Hungarian: elnapol Indonesian flag Indonesian: menunda, menangguhkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fresta, gera hlé Italian flag Italian: aggiornare Japanese flag Japanese: 延期する, 休会する
Korean flag Korean: 휴회하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: daryti pertrauką, pertrau Latvian flag Latvian: pārtraukt (sēdi u.tml.);
Malay flag Malay: tangguh Dutch flag Dutch: verdagen Norwegian flag Norwegian: heve et møte (inntil vide
Polish flag Polish: odraczać Persian flag Persian: به بعد موکول کردن Pashto flag Pashto: ځنډول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: suspender Romanian flag Romanian: a suspenda Russian flag Russian: отсрочивать
Slovak flag Slovak: odložiť (na) Slovenian flag Slovenian: preložiti Serbian flag Serbian: odložiti
Swedish flag Swedish: ajournera Thai flag Thai: เลื่อน Turkish flag Turkish: ertelemek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 休會 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відкладати Urdu flag Urdu: ملتوی کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hoãn lại Chinese flag Chinese: 休会

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