adjourned; adjourning; adjourns
: to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
adjourn a meeting
Court is adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
1
: to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place
Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
2
: to move to another place
We adjourned to the library.
Examples of adjourn in a Sentence
The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
Court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow.
The meeting adjourned at 4:00.
Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
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While other members asked to adjourn the night in honor of a grandparent, record producer Quincy Jones and U.S. veterans, Price asked that the meeting end in her own memory.
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
After a break, Westmoreland approached Whitaker on the bench, prompting the judge to adjourn court for the day.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Wilhoit agreed and sent the case to a grand jury before adjourning.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024
Those proceedings began Friday and then were adjourned until April 15, 2025.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
After a break, Westmoreland approached Whitaker on the bench, prompting the judge to adjourn court for the day.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Wilhoit agreed and sent the case to a grand jury before adjourning.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024
Those proceedings began Friday and then were adjourned until April 15, 2025.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Adjourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjourn. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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adjourn
verb
ad·journ
ə-ˈjərn 
1
: to bring or come to a close for a period of time
Congress adjourned
adjourn a meeting
2
: to move to another place
let us adjourn to the sitting room
adjournment
noun
-mənt
Legal Definition
adjourn
transitive verb
ad·journ
ə-ˈjərn
: to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally
adjourning the session
: to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : suspend formal business or procedure and disband
the congress will adjourn next month
adjournment
noun
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