adjournment

ad·journ

A0089300 (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.

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[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).]

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ad·journ′ment n.

ad•journ•ment

(əˈdʒɜrn mənt)

n. the act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned. [1635–45; < Anglo-French, Middle French]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adjournment - the termination of a meeting dissolutionending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
	2.	adjournment - the act of postponing to another time or placedeferment, deferral, postponement - act of putting off to a future time

adjournment

noun postponement, delay, suspension, putting off, stay, recess, interruption, deferment, deferral, discontinuation, prorogation The court ordered a four-month adjournment.

adjournment

nounThe act of putting off or the condition of being put off:deferment, deferral, delay, postponement, stay, suspension, waiver.

Translations

休会

adjourn

(əˈdʒəːn) verb to stop (a meeting etc), intending to continue it at another time or place. We shall adjourn (the meeting) until Wednesday. 休會 休会aˈdjournment noun 休會 休会