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ALL meanings of adjourn

ad·journ
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  • verb adjourn If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time. 3
  • verb adjourn (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session 3
  • verb adjourn to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place 3
  • verb adjourn to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer 3
  • verb adjourn to move elsewhere 3
  • verb adjourn to stop work 3
  • verb transitive adjourn to put off or suspend until a future time 3
  • intransitive verb adjourn to close a session or meeting for a time 3
  • intransitive verb adjourn to move from a place of meeting (to another place) 3
  • transitive verb adjourn postpone 1
  • intransitive verb adjourn postpone rest of meeting, court session 1
  • noun adjourn Break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later. 1
  • verb with object adjourn to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court. 1
  • verb with object adjourn to defer or postpone to a later time: They adjourned the meeting until the following Monday. 1
  • verb with object adjourn to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body. 1
  • verb with object adjourn to defer or postpone (a matter) to some future time, either specified or not specified. 1
  • verb without object adjourn to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings. 1
  • verb without object adjourn to go to another place: to adjourn to the parlor. 1
  • verb adjourn (Transitive Verb) To postpone. 0
  • verb adjourn (Transitive Verb) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. 0
  • verb adjourn (Intransitive Verb) To end or suspend an event. 0
  • verb adjourn (Intransitive Verb) (formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another. 0
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