Definitions for adjourn
əˈdʒɜrnad·journ

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. adjourn, recess, break upverb

   close at the end of a session

   "The court adjourned"

2. adjourn, withdraw, retireverb

   break from a meeting or gathering

   "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adjournverb

   To postpone.

   The trial was adjourned for a week.

2. adjournverb

   Temporarily ending an event with intentions to complete it at another time or place.

3. adjournverb

   Of an event: To end or suspend

   The court will adjourn for lunch.

4. adjournverb

   To move from one place to another.

   After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

5. Etymology: From ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jorn (nome) ("to an (appointed) day")

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ADJOURNverb

   Etymology: adjourner, Fr.

   1. To put off to another day, naming the time; a term used in juridical proceedings; as, of parliaments, or courts of justice.

   The queen being absent, ’tis a needful fitness,
   That we adjourn this court to further day. William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.

   By the king’s authority alone, and by his writs they are assembled, and by him alone are they prorogued and dissolved; but each house may adjourn itself. Francis Bacon, Advice to Sir G. Villiers.

   2. To put off; to defer; to let stay to another time.

   Then, Jupiter, thou king of gods,
   Why hast thou thus adjourn’d
   The graces for his merits due,
   Being all to dolours turn’d. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Crown high the goblets with a chearful draught;
   Enjoy the present hour, adjourn the future thought. John Dryden, Æneid. vii. l. 181.

   The formation of animals being foreign to my purpose, I shall adjourn the consideration of it to another occasion. John Woodward, Nat. History, p. iii.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adjourn

   In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting. It could be done using a motion to adjourn. A time for another meeting could be set using the motion to fix the time to which to adjourn.

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1. adjourn

   To adjourn means to suspend or temporarily halt a meeting, legal case, or other proceedings, usually with the intention of resuming it later. It can also refer to the act of leaving or moving to another place.

2. adjourn

   Adjourn generally refers to the act of suspending or ending a meeting, a legislative session, a formal gathering, or a court case until a future time or indefinitely. It's a formal way of saying to postpone or to continue at another time or another place.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adjournverb

   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. Adjournverb

   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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adjourn

   ad-jurn′, v.t. to put off to another day: to postpone: to discontinue a meeting in order to reconstitute it at another time or place.—v.i. to suspend proceedings and disperse for any time specified, or sine die, without such time being specified.—n. Adjourn′ment, the act of adjourning: the interval it causes.—(obs.) Adjourn′al. [O. Fr. ajorner—Low L. adiurnāre—L. ad, to, Low L. jurnus, L. diurnus, daily. See Journal.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adjourn

   To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another; said of military courts. Adjournment without day (sine die), indefinite postponement.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjourn in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjourn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of adjourn in a Sentence

1. Gemma Allen:

   The earlier and more transparent people are about money, even if they respectfully disagree and learn to adjourn and come back, the better it is, the romance and your relationship will be better.

2. Robert A. Heinlein:

   A motion to adjourn is always in order.

3. Chip Roy:

   This institution is a sham, and we should adjourn and shut this place down.

4. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The Senate will not adjourn until we have passed significant and bold new steps above and beyond what the House has passed to help our strong nation and our strong underlying economy weather this storm.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=adjourn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Adjourn
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=adjourn
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjourn
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjourn
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=adjourn
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html