adjourn

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əˈd͡ʒɝn/
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/əˈd͡ʒɝn/ · /əˈdʒɜːn/

Definition of adjourn

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To postpone.
    “The trial was adjourned for a week.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To postpone.
    “The trial was adjourned for a week.”
  2. (transitive)To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
    “It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.”
  3. (intransitive)To end or suspend an event.
    “The court will adjourn for lunch.”
    “The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.””
    “When it's time for the fallout / And Saint Peter calls us all out / We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn”
  4. (formal, intransitive, uncommon)To move as a group from one place to another.
    “After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.”

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Etymology

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

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