Adjourn

Quick meaning: Adjourn is a verb meaning (transitive) To postpone.

Meaning

(transitive) To postpone.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
2. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
3. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.

Example Sentences

The court will adjourn for lunch.

The trial was adjourned for a week.

After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.

Word Forms

• adjourns
• adjourning
• adjourned

Synonyms for adjourn

Depending on context, synonyms include withdraw, break up, retire, recess.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include withdraw, retire, recess, break up, adjournment, deferral.

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