adjourn

Definition of Adjourn in English :

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Verb

1. adjourn, break up, recess

close at the end of a session

Example Sentences:
'The court adjourned'

2. adjourn, retire, withdraw

break from a meeting or gathering

Example Sentences:
'We adjourned for lunch'
'The men retired to the library'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adjourn

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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

4. (intransitive) informal

a.

to move elsewhere

let's adjourn to the kitchen

b.

to stop work

Adjourn

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verb transitive

1.

to put off or suspend until a future time

to adjourn a meeting

verb intransitive

2.

to close a session or meeting for a time

Congress adjourned for the summer

3. Informal

to move from a place of meeting (to another place)

let's adjourn to the patio

Adjourn

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v. ad·journed, ad·journ·ing, ad·journs

v.tr.

To suspend until a later stated time.

v.intr.

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.

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