Adjourn

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adjourn
v. postpone, delay; end a meeting; move to another place


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Adjournment
To adjourn means to suspend until a later stated time.
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adjourn
Verb
1. close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
(synonym) recess, break up
(hypernym) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
(derivation) adjournment, dissolution
2. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
(synonym) withdraw, retire
(hypernym) close, fold, shut down, close down
(hyponym) prorogue
(entail) meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(verb-group) seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
(derivation) adjournment


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
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.
  
 
(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.
  

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Adjourn
The postponement, suspension and interruption of an ongoing hearing or meeting to resume at some future date; to break off for later resumption. - (read more on Adjourn)
  


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