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Meaning of 'adjourn' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Adjourn [ v. i.]
- 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.
2 . Adjourn [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'adjourn' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . adjourn [ v]
Meaning (1):
- close at the end of a session
Example in sentence:
  • The court adjourned
Meaning (2):
- break from a meeting or gathering
Example in sentence:
  • The men retired to the library;
  • We adjourned for lunch

Nearby Words:

adjacence adjacency adjacent adjacently adject adjection adjectional adjectitious adjectival adjectivally

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