adjourn
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adjourn
postpone; suspend a meeting to a future time: adjourn the court; to go to another place: They will adjourn to the bar after the last seminar.
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ad·journ
(ə-jûrn′)v. ad·journed, ad·journ·ing, ad·journs
v.tr.
To suspend until a later stated time.
v.intr.
1. To suspend proceedings to another time or place.
2. To move to a new location, especially to a less formal setting: After the meal, we adjourned to the living room.
[Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajourner : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + jour, day (from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, daily, from diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]
ad·journ′ment n.
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adjourn
(əˈdʒɜːn)vb
1. (intr) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session
2. to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place
3. (tr) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer
4. (intr) informal
a. to move elsewhere: let's adjourn to the kitchen.
b. to stop work
[C14: from Old French ajourner to defer to an arranged day, from a- to + jour day, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus daily, from diēs day]
adˈjournment n
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ad•journ
(əˈdʒɜrn)v.t.
1. to suspend the meeting of (a legislature, court, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely.
2. to defer or postpone (a meeting) to a later time.
3. to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future time.
v.i. 4. to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
5. to go to another place: to adjourn to the living room.
[1300–50; Middle English ajo(u)rnen < Old French ajo(u)rner, v. derivative of phrase a jorn (nome) to an (appointed) day; see ad-, journey]
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adjourn
Past participle: adjourned
Gerund: adjourning
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| Verb | 1. |  adjourn - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| 2. |  adjourn - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" close down, close up, shut down, close, fold - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body |
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adjourn
verb postpone, delay, suspend, interrupt, put off, stay, defer, recess, discontinue, put on the back burner (informal), prorogue, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. informal) The proceedings have been adjourned until next week.
open, continue, remain, stay, gather, assemble, reopen, convene
open, continue, remain, stay, gather, assemble, reopen, convene
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adjourn
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Translations
odložit
udsætteudskyde
elnapol
fresta, gera hlé
daryti pertraukąpertraukapertraukti
pārtrauktpasludināt pārtraukumu
odložiť
adjourn
[əˈdʒɜːn]A. VT
B. VI
1. [meeting] → aplazarse (Parl) → disolverse
the court then adjourned → entonces el tribunal levantó la sesión
the court then adjourned → entonces el tribunal levantó la sesión
2. (= move) (frm or hum) to adjourn to [+ sitting-room, verandah] → pasar a
they adjourned to the pub → se trasladaron al bar
they adjourned to the pub → se trasladaron al bar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
adjourn
[əˈdʒɜːrn] vt
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
adjourn
vt
(to another day) → vertagen (→ until auf +acc); he adjourned the meeting for three hours → er unterbrach die Konferenz für drei Stunden
(US: = end) → beenden
vi
(to another day) → sich vertagen (→ until auf +acc); to adjourn for lunch/one hour → zur Mittagspause/für eine Stunde unterbrechen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
adjourn
[əˈdʒɜːn]1. vt (suspend) → aggiornare, rimandare, rinviare
to adjourn a meeting till the following week → aggiornare or rinviare un incontro alla settimana seguente
to adjourn a meeting for a month → rinviare un incontro di un mese
to adjourn a meeting till the following week → aggiornare or rinviare un incontro alla settimana seguente
to adjourn a meeting for a month → rinviare un incontro di un mese
2. vi
a. → sospendere la seduta (Parliament) → sospendere i lavori
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
adjourn
(əˈdʒəːn) verb to stop (a meeting etc), intending to continue it at another time or place. We shall adjourn (the meeting) until Wednesday.
aˈdjournment nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.