adjournment en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, from ajourner (“to postpone”) + -ment. Equivalent to adjourn + -ment. Doublet of aggiornamento.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
A “meeting” of an assembly is terminated by a temporary adjournment; a “session” of an assembly ends with an adjournment without day, and may consist of many meetings […]
1876, Henry Martyn Robert, “Definitions”, in Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., pages 15–16:At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Ampliatio.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| adjournments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
readjournment · nonadjournment · adjournment sine die
Synonyms
procrastination · deferral (action of adjourning)
Translations (26)
el διακοπή (the state of being adjourned) · es aplazamiento (the state of being adjourned) · nb ajournement (the state of being adjourned) · es postergación (the state of being adjourned) · fr suspension (the state of being adjourned) · ru заде́ржка (the state of being adjourned) · hu elhalasztás (the state of being adjourned) · ms penangguhan (the state of being adjourned) · el αναβολή (the state of being adjourned) · ja 延期 (the state of being adjourned) · ja 休会 (the state of being adjourned) · nb utsetning (the state of being adjourned) · cmn 休會 /休会 (the state of being adjourned) · ru переры́в (the state of being adjourned) · ru отсро́чка (the state of being adjourned) · es prorrogación (the state of being adjourned) · es prórroga (the state of being adjourned) · nb utsettelse (the state of being adjourned) · de Vertagung (the state of being adjourned) · id penangguhan (the state of being adjourned) · de Verschiebung (the state of being adjourned) · hi स्थगन (the state of being adjourned) · fr ajournement (the state of being adjourned) · nb utsetting (the state of being adjourned) · sv ajournering (the state of being adjourned) · cmn 延緩 /延缓 (the state of being adjourned)