adjourn
/əˈd͡ʒɝn/ verb C1- To postpone. · The trial was adjourned for a week.
- To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
- To end or suspend an event. · The court will adjourn for lunch.
- To move as a group from one place to another. · After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.
He/she/it adjourns · Past adjourned · Past participle adjourned · -ing form adjourning
Verb forms
- Base form
- adjourn
- He/she/it
- adjourns
- Past
- adjourned
- Past participle
- adjourned
- -ing form
- adjourning
From the library
“In that case,” said the Dodo solemnly, rising to its feet, “I move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more energetic remedies—”
“The sitting is adjourned, gentlemen,” said the president; “fresh inquiries will be made, and the case will be tried next session by another magistrate.”
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