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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adjourn \Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjourned; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Adjourning.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F.
     ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr.
     L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. Journal,
     Journey.]
     To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to
     postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said
     of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to
     adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of
           their lives to a further time.           --Barrow.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           'Tis a needful fitness
           That we adjourn this court till further day. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend.
  
     Usage: To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are
            used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside
            business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain
            and this country, is applied to all cases in which
            such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view
            to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to
            that act of the executive government, as the
            sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a
            close. The word is not used in this country, but a
            legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn
            sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate
            existence of a body. In order to exist again the body
            must be reconstituted.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adjourn \Ad*journ"\, v. i.
     To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another,
     or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend
     public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other
     convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the
     court adjourned without day.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adjourn \Ad*journ"\, v. i.
     To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another,
     or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend
     public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other
     convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the
     court adjourned without day.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adjourn \Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjourned; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Adjourning.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F.
     ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr.
     L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. Journal,
     Journey.]
     To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to
     postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said
     of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to
     adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
  
           It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of
           their lives to a further time.           --Barrow.
  
           'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till
           further day.                             --Shak.
  
     Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend.
  
     Usage: To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are
            used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside
            business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain
            and this country, is applied to all cases in which
            such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view
            to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to
            that act of the executive government, as the
            sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a
            close. The word is not used in this country, but a
            legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn
            sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate
            existence of a body. In order to exist again the body
            must be reconstituted.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  adjourn
       v 1: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: recess,
             break up]
       2: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
          "The men retired to the library" [syn: withdraw, retire]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adjourn
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (''(ετ μτβ+αμτβ en 0=-), συνήθως στην παθητική φωνή'') αναβάλλω,
  διακόπτω μια συνάντηση ή μια επίσημη διαδικασία, ειδικά μια δίκη, για
  ένα χρονικό διάστημα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adjourn
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To postpone.
     2 (lb en transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or
  indefinitely.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  adjourn
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To postpone.
     2 (lb en transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or
  indefinitely.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  adjourn
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To postpone.
     2 (lb en transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or
  indefinitely.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  adjourn
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To postpone.
     2 (lb en transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or
  indefinitely.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adjourn
     Englanti vb.
     1 (''transitiivinen'') lykätä, myöhentää, siirtää; keskeyttää,
  lopettaa
     2 (''intransitiivinen'') keskeyttää
     3 (''intransitiivinen'') siirtyä (yleensä vapaamuotoisempaan
  paikkaan)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adjourn
     Engelska vb.
     1 ajournera, skjuta upp
     2 (tagg ålderdomligt språk=en) utse en dag för

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Adjourn /ɐdʒˈɜːn/
  1. انفضّ
  2. أرجأ
  3. يؤجل
  4. يرجئ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  adjourn //əˈdʒɜːn// //əˈd͡ʒɝn// 
  1. правя пауза, прекъсвам
  to defer
  2. закривам
  to end or suspend an event
  3. премествам
  to move from one place to another
  4. отлагам, отсрочвам
  to postpone