SINCE 1828
adjourn
verb
ad·journ
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adjourned;
adjourning;
adjourns
Definition of adjourn
: to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
adjourn a meeting Court is adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
1
: to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place
Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
2
: to move to another place
We adjourned to the library.
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Examples of adjourn in a Sentence
The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
Court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow.
The meeting adjourned at 4:00.
Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
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House Speaker Brian Bosma blamed the Senate for adjourning early on Tuesday and spending several hours honoring departing lawmakers on the session's final day. — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, "'Worse than the sausage factory.' A minute-by-minute look at how the Indiana legislature came to a wild close," 16 Mar. 2018 On Capitol Hill, negotiations have essentially been at a standstill since Saturday, when both the House and Senate adjourned until Thursday. — Jim Carlton, WSJ, "Government Shutdown Scuppers Holiday Plans, Threatens to Delay Paychecks," 25 Dec. 2018 The funding fight is something leaders of both parties had hoped to avoid as Congress seeks to wrap up its work for the year and adjourn for the holidays. — Catherine Lucey, The Seattle Times, "Trump, Democrats dig in for fight over border-wall funding," 12 Dec. 2018 That being said, the Republicans quickly adjourned on Thursday when Ms. Hochul suddenly appeared in the chamber. — Jesse Mckinley, New York Times, "State Senate Grinds to a Halt as Neither Party Can Make a Majority," 31 May 2018 Taxes can't be raised during a regular session, so Edwards and Alario have both pushed for adjourning the current regular session early and moving onto a special session for weeks. — Julia O'donoghue, NOLA.com, "Louisiana House Speaker: Ending legislative session May 18 is 'possible'," 8 May 2018 The Senate convened briefly Thursday afternoon before adjourning until Monday, Dec. 31, the latest sign that lawmakers don’t expect to reach an agreement to end the shutdown this year. — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, "Partial Government Shutdown Likely to Stretch Into January," 27 Dec. 2018 Applause broke out in the audience as the court adjourned, while the defendants embraced each other and sang the hymn of the army. — Washington Post, "Guatemala: 4 ex-officers convicted of 1981 rights abuses," 23 May 2018 Legislators believed a raise was a fait accompli, but appointees of Gov. Andrew Cuomo adjourned the commission without acting. — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, "Commission Mulls Raises for Cuomo and New York Lawmakers," 20 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adjourn.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for adjourn
adjourn
verb
English Language Learners Definition of adjourn
: to end something (such as a meeting or session) for a period of time
See the full definition for adjourn in the English Language Learners Dictionary
adjourn
verb
ad·journ
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adjourned;
adjourning
Kids Definition of adjourn
: to bring or come to a close for a period of time
adjourn a meeting
adjourn
transitive verb
ad·journ
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Legal Definition of adjourn
: to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally
adjourning the session
: to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : suspend formal business or procedure and disband
the congress will adjourn next month
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