adjournad‧journ /əˈdʒɜːn $ -ɜːrn/ ●○○ verb 
It was almost noon when the meeting adjourned.adjourn for/until Congress has adjourned for the November elections. His trial was adjourned until May.2adjourn to something to finish an activity and go somewhere – often used humorously: The rest of us adjourned to a nearby pub for some refreshments.—adjournment noun [countable, uncountable]: We sought an adjournment of the proceedings.
WORD ORIGINadjourn
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French ajourner, from jour ‘day’VERB TABLE
adjourn
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | adjourn |
| he, she, it | adjourns | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | adjourned |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have adjourned |
| he, she, it | has adjourned | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had adjourned |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will adjourn |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have adjourned |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am adjourning |
| he, she, it | is adjourning | |
| you, we, they | are adjourning | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was adjourning |
| you, we, they | were adjourning | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been adjourning |
| he, she, it | has been adjourning | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been adjourning |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be adjourning |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been adjourning |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning.
- The chairman has the power to adjourn the meeting at any time.
- The trial was adjourned for two weeks until the psychiatrist's report was ready.
- Cleveland deputy coroner Ronald Smith said as there was a possibility of industrial disease he was adjourning the hearing pending further inquiries.
- It was almost noon when the meeting adjourned.
- Magistrates adjourned the hearing until May 14.
- Sentence was adjourned until May 11 for a probation report.
- The case was adjourned to May 6 for reports.
- They all agreed and adjourned the meeting just as the candle was burning out.
- When the conference was over, the delegates voted not to adjourn, but to constitute themselves as a permanent body.
THESAURUS
to stop speaking or stop doing something for a very short time before starting again. Pause is used especially in written descriptions. In everyday spoken English, people usually just say stop: · She paused at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at the clock.· He paused, waiting for Larry to say something.
to stop for a moment and wait before doing something, because you feel unsure or nervous about it: · She hesitated for a moment before replying.
to stop working for a short time in order to rest, eat etc: · We’re all getting tired. Let’s take a break for ten minutes.
formal if a meeting or court adjourns or is adjourned, it stops for a short time: · If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning.· The trial was adjourned because one of the defendants was ill.
especially American English informal to stop for a short time in order to rest: · Let’s take five and get some coffee.
to suddenly stop speaking, especially because you see, hear, or think of something: · He broke off his conversation when he saw Mary running towards him.· She broke off and looked embarrassed, then said, ‘I’ll explain later.’
Longman Language Activatorto stop doing something in order to rest, eat etc especially spoken to stop working for a while in order to rest, eat etc: · We're all getting tired. Let's take a break for ten minutes.· Is it all right if we have a break at about 10.30?have a quick/short/five minute etc break: · If you're working at a computer, it's best if you have a quick break at least once an hour.
American informal to stop for a while in order to rest: · Let's take five and get some coffee.
informal to stop for a while because you want a rest, especially because you have been doing something very difficult or tiring: · It's 12 o' clock. Why don't we take a breather?· I'd only been running for five minutes, but I had to stop and take a breather.
to stop working and have lunch, a coffee break, a holiday etc: · At 12.30, the committee broke for lunch.· There's still an enormous amount of work to do before we break for Christmas.
to stop for a while and rest, either because you are tired or in order to do something else: · Try to take time out and get together with the kids.take time out to do something: · Taking time out to relax each day is important during pregnancy.take time out from/of: · The President took time out from his busy schedule to speak to the crowds.
also recess American formal if a meeting or court adjourns , or if someone in authority adjourns it, the meeting or court stops for a short time, for example so that more information can be collected: · If there are no more questions, the committee will adjourn until tomorrow morning.· "The court will recess for twenty minutes," Judge Bart said.· The trial was adjourned for two weeks until the psychiatrist's report was ready.
a short period of time when schoolwork, a meeting, a game etc stops a short time between school classes when children can play, eat something etc: · The children have a fifteen-minute break at 11 o'clock.· Could you come and see me during afternoon break?
also interval British a planned pause during a play, concert, or film: · There will now be a short intermission.· Drinks will be on sale during the interval.
a planned pause during a play or concert, when music is often played: a musical/comic etc interlude: · Halfway through the performance there was a short musical interlude.· The dance provided a delightful comic interlude.
especially British /recess especially American a pause when a court, formal meeting, talks etc stop for a short time, so that more information can be collected or so that people can discuss something: · Mr Robertson applied for an adjournment, to see if witnesses could be traced.· The heated debate continued after a ninety-minute adjournment.· Peace talks resumed on June 15th, after a month-long recess.call a recess: · At four o'clock, the judge called a recess, and the jury was led out of the courtroom.be in recess: · The court will be in recess for twenty minutes.
when Parliament or Congress stops meeting for a period of time, in order to have a holiday : the summer/Easter/Christmas recess: · The Bill was brought before the House of Commons and passed before the summer recess.· Congress's two-week Easter recessbe in recess: · The House is in recess until January 22nd, when it will vote on the Bill.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY His trial was adjourned until May.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
His trial was adjourned until May. (=stop it for a short time)· The case was adjourned until next month for further reports.
(=stops dealing with it for a period of time)· The court adjourned the trial until June 21st.
(=make it stop for a period of time)· This meeting is adjourned until tomorrow.
(=it is officially stopped for several days, weeks, or months)· The trial was adjourned until November.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· On 26 February 1992 Hobhouse J. adjourned the application and invited the Attorney-General to appoint an amicus curiae.
· They adjourned the case and directed that it be heard before a differently constituted bench of three justices.· This afternoon the judge adjourned the case until tomorrow morning.· On their clerk's advice the justices rejected the submission but adjourned the case.· Northallerton magistrates adjourned the case for reports.· Hull Crown Court adjourned the case for reports.· Magistrates adjourned the case until June 9 and Swalwell was granted conditional bail.· Sheriff Laura Duncan called for background reports and adjourned the case for three weeks.· Magistrates adjourned the case against Alfred Dines after telling him they were thinking of imposing a three month jail term.
· The event that would eclipse it began only after Kenneff left the witness stand, and court adjourned for lunch.· He stood up and, as the bailiff chanted that the court was adjourned, disappeared into his chambers.· Today's court hearing was adjourned while the couple get legal help to fight their case.· Dozens of court cases had been adjourned pending the judgment.· The hearing at Coleford magistrates court was adjourned for three weeks.· The court adjourned the trial until June 21, ordering police to find videos of the conference.· She spoke to a woman police officer outside the Old Bailey after the court had adjourned on Tuesday evening.
· Magistrates adjourned the hearing until later today after a solicitor asked for more time to consult his clients.· Cleveland deputy coroner Ronald Smith said as there was a possibility of industrial disease he was adjourning the hearing pending further inquiries.· Magistrates adjourned the hearing until May 14.· Coroner, Lester Madrell adjourned the hearing for police to continue their investigations.· The magistrates adjourned the hearing until October 8, when committal proceedings are likely to take place.· Judge David Selwood adjourned the hearings to October 7 for pre-sentence reports.· The Cleveland coroner adjourned the hearing pending further inquiries.
· A further matter concerning alleged damage to five trees and lawns at the house was adjourned.
· Coroner Nicholas Gardiner opened and adjourned the inquest for two weeks so that funerals can be held.· Cleveland deputy coroner Ronald Smith adjourned the inquest.· The coroner adjourned the inquest after he was told that Mrs Probyn's husband Jonathan had been charged with her murder.· Cleveland coroner Michael Sheffield adjourned the inquest pending further inquiries.· Mr Turnbull adjourned the inquest, which was not attended by relatives of the victims, to a date to be fixed.· Inquest adjourned: An inquest into the death of a toddler has been adjourned.
· The King was greatly displeased by this suggestion and promptly adjourned the meeting.· The Mayor was obliged to adjourn the meeting pending discussion by the Corporation.· Ivashko adjourned the meeting, and the politburo went into emergency session, emerging to announce its unanimous backing for Gorbachev.
· The case was adjourned for reports.· The case was adjourned for reports Hens raid: Thieves raided a hen house in Ripon.· Sentence had been adjourned until yesterday for reports.· Sentencing was adjourned while psychiatric reports are prepared.· Northallerton magistrates adjourned the case for reports.· Hull Crown Court adjourned the case for reports.· The case has been adjourned for reports to be prepared.
· The case was adjourned for trial.· They must adjourn the matter for trial by a bench of three justices.· After he had been taken to hospital by ambulance the judge, Lord Morison, adjourned the trial until Monday.· The court adjourned the trial until June 21, ordering police to find videos of the conference.· The judge then adjourned the trial until March 6, to allow police time to trace Mekgwe.· Sheriff Andrew Bell adjourned the trial, which is expected to last for two to three weeks, until tomorrow.
· Mr Justice Latham adjourned sentence until Friday week.· It was unclear whether a meeting would be scheduled before Congress adjourns next week.· The case was adjourned for two weeks until April 6.· An inquest was opened and adjourned last week.· They appeared in court at Leominster in Herefordshire this morning when the case was adjourned for a week.· His case was adjourned for three weeks.· The hearing at Coleford magistrates court was adjourned for three weeks.· The case was adjourned for a week.
VERB· Coroner Nicholas Gardiner opened and adjourned the inquest for two weeks so that funerals can be held.· An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned yesterday.· An inquest was opened and adjourned last week.· Inquest opened: An inquest into the death of 61-year-old James Dawson has been opened and adjourned.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1[intransitive, transitive] if a meeting, parliament, law court etc adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it stops for a short time: - Paula and some friends adjourned to the bar to celebrate.
It was almost noon when the meeting adjourned.adjourn for/until Congress has adjourned for the November elections. His trial was adjourned until May.2adjourn to something to finish an activity and go somewhere – often used humorously: The rest of us adjourned to a nearby pub for some refreshments.—adjournment noun [countable, uncountable]: We sought an adjournment of the proceedings.