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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•journ /əˈdʒɜrn/USA pronunciation v. - to suspend the meeting of (a legislature, court, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely:[~ + object]adjourned the court until the next morning.
- to go to another place:[no object* (~ + to + object)]Let's adjourn to the living room.
ad•journ•ment, n. [countable]See -jour-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•journ (ə jûrn′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely:to adjourn the court.
- to defer or postpone to a later time:They adjourned the meeting until the following Monday.
- to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body.
- to defer or postpone (a matter) to some future time, either specified or not specified.
v.i. - to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
- to go to another place:to adjourn to the parlor.
- Latin diurnus daily; see journal, journey
- Middle French ajo(u)rner, equivalent. to a- ad- + jorn-
- Middle English ajo(u)rnen 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: adjourn /əˈdʒɜːn/ vb - (intransitive) (of a court, etc) to close at the end of a session
- to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place
- (transitive) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc) for later consideration; defer
- (intransitive) informal to move elsewhere: let's adjourn to the kitchen
Etymology: 14th Century: 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 dayadˈjournment n |