Dictionary

adjourn en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈd͡ʒɝn/ (General-American)
• /əˈdʒɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

Meanings

1. (transitive) To postpone.
   • The trial was adjourned for a week.
2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
   • It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
   • The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.” 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26:
   • When it's time for the fallout / And Saint Peter calls us all out / We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn 1959, Tom Lehrer, “We Will All Go Together When We Go”:
   • The court will adjourn for lunch.
4. (formal, intransitive, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
   • After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

Forms

Deriveds

readjournment · nonadjournment · readjourn · adjournable · adjournal · adjourner · adjournment

Translations (74)

es aplazar (to postpone) · fi keskeyttää (to end or suspend an event) · ca ajornar (to postpone) · mi hiki (to defer) · sv flytta fram (to postpone) · de sich zurückziehen (to move from one place to another) · ru прерва́ть (to end or suspend an event) · ro amâna (to postpone) · fi päättää (to end or suspend an event) · ru in different meanings закры́ть (to end or suspend an event) · fi lykätä (to defer) · hu megy (to move from one place to another) · ru отсро́чить (to postpone) · bg отсрочвам (to postpone) · ru отложи́ть (to postpone) · sv skjuta upp (to postpone) · bg правя пауза (to defer) · de aufheben (to end or suspend an event) · ru отсро́чивать (to postpone) · nl stopzetten (to end or suspend an event) · nb utsette (to postpone) · fr mouvoir (to move from one place to another) · hu elhalaszt (to postpone) · de schließen (to end or suspend an event) · nb utsette (to defer) · ru оття́гивать (to postpone) · ca suspendre (to end or suspend an event) · ru объявля́ть переры́в (to defer) · de vertagen (to postpone) · bg отлагам (to postpone) · ru etc. (to end or suspend an event) · hu elhalaszt (to defer) · hu elodáz (to defer) · ru перемести́ться (to move from one place to another) · de verlegen (venue) (to move from one place to another) · bg премествам (to move from one place to another) · de aufschieben (to defer) · nl afgelasten (to end or suspend an event) · de unterbrechen (to postpone) · fr ajourner (to postpone) · de sich begeben (to move from one place to another) · fr ajourner (to end or suspend an event) · nl verdagen (to postpone) · nl onderbreken (to defer) · sv ajournera (to postpone) · hu átvonul (to move from one place to another) · fr ajourner (to defer) · hu berekeszt (to end or suspend an event) · bg прекъсвам (to defer) · es aplazar (to defer) · mi pāuhu (to postpone) · es prorrogar (to postpone) · mi pāuhu (to defer) · ru оттяну́ть (to postpone) · hu halaszt (to defer) · nl uitstellen (to postpone) · ca posposar (to postpone) · es postergar (to defer) · fi lykätä (to postpone) · hu átmegy (to move from one place to another) · ru де́лать переры́в (to defer) · bg закривам (to end or suspend an event) · nb ajournere (to defer) · mi hiki (to postpone) · ru прекрати́ть (to end or suspend an event) · th ย้าย (to move from one place to another) · es prorrogar (to defer) · es postergar (to postpone) · nb ajournere (to postpone) · hu elnapol (to postpone) · mi whakatārewa (to defer) · ru откла́дывать (to postpone) · ca ajornar (to defer) · hu felfüggeszt (to end or suspend an event)