adjourn

verb

ad·journ | \ ə-ˈjərn

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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Efforts to replace all voting machines in another paperless state, Georgia, died when the legislature adjourned in March. — Michael Wines, New York Times, "How West Virginia Is Trying to Build Hacker-Proof Voting," 8 May 2018 Like it or not, as the FBI continues to investigate college basketball, the court of public opinion still figures to adjourn in April after finding sport’s greatest tournament a repeat offender, guilty of stealing the country’s attention. — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, "Loyola can be the team that captures America's imagination this year," 12 Mar. 2018 The result was easy to predict: Sanders would arrive a little late and adjourn a little early to allow herself and the press corps plenty of time to migrate from the briefing room to the South Lawn. — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, "White House press briefings got shorter in May for the fourth straight month," 1 June 2018 Police Commission President Steve Soboroff adjourned the meeting early. — Cindy Chang, latimes.com, "LAPD chief obtains temporary restraining order against woman after alleged ash-throwing incident," 17 May 2018 The announcement came after lawmakers hit a stalemate on Thursday and adjourned for the weekend, even as tens of thousands of teachers marched on the state Capitol demanding higher pay and increased funding for education. — Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, "Governor announces budget deal with teacher pay raise -- but gives no details," 27 Apr. 2018 Voters will decide on them in either the August primary election or the November general election, depending on when the Legislature adjourns its annual session. — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, "These two initiatives will go before Alaska voters this year – unless the Supreme Court blocks one," 16 Mar. 2018 The Senate unanimously ratified the bill that aims to establish the new Bangsamoro autonomous region but House members adjourned early amid a reported leadership challenge without approving the autonomy deal. — Jim Gomez, Fox News, "Philippine Congress' approval of Muslim peace deal delayed," 23 July 2018 Lawmakers’ tempers flared Monday as the California Senate adjourned in memory of Stephon Clark, an unarmed African American man who was shot to death by Sacramento police officers on March 18. — Patrick Mcgreevy, latimes.com, "State senators condemn fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark," 2 Apr. 2018

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History and Etymology for adjourn

Middle English ajornen, ajournen, adjornen "to set a day for reconvening (a court or assembly), suspend temporarily, postpone," borrowed from Anglo-French ajorner, ajourner, from a- (going back to Latin ad- ad-) + jorn, jor "day," going back to Late Latin diurnum (Latin, "daily ration, daybook"), from neuter of Latin diurnus "daily" — more at diurnal entry 1

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adjourn

verb

English Language Learners Definition of adjourn

: to end something (such as a meeting or session) for a period of time

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adjourn

verb

ad·journ | \ ə-ˈjərn

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 | \ ə-ˈjərn

Legal Definition of adjourn

: to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally adjourning the session

intransitive verb

: to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : suspend formal business or procedure and disband the congress will adjourn next month