adjourn

[ uh-jurn ]
/ əˈdʒɜrn /
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verb (used with object)

to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
to defer or postpone to a later time: They adjourned the meeting until the following Monday.
to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body.
to defer or postpone (a matter) to some future time, either specified or not specified.

verb (used without object)

to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
to go to another place: to adjourn to the parlor.

Origin of adjourn

1300–50; Middle English ajo(u)rnen < Middle French ajo(u)rner, equivalent to a- ad- + jorn- < Latin diurnus daily; see journal, journey

OTHER WORDS FROM adjourn

pre·ad·journ, verb re·ad·journ, verb un·ad·journed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjourn

adjoin adjourn

Words nearby adjourn

adjigo, adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment, adjt., adjudge, adjudicate, adjudication

Words related to adjourn

defer, recess, discontinue, delay, suspend, shelve, postpone, curb, restrain, stay, prorogue

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British Dictionary definitions for adjourn

adjourn
/ (əˈdʒɜːn) /

verb

(intr) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session
to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place
(tr) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer
(intr) informal
  1. to move elsewherelet's adjourn to the kitchen
  2. to stop work

Derived forms of adjourn

adjournment, noun

Word Origin for adjourn

C14: from Old French ajourner to defer to an arranged day, from a- to + jour day, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus daily, from diēs day