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adjourn definition

ad·journ (ə jʉrn′)

transitive verb

to put off or suspend until a future time to adjourn a meeting

Etymology: ME ajournen < OFr ajourner < a jorn, at the (specified) day < a, at + jorn, day < L diurnum, by day < diurnus, daily < dies, day: see deity

intransitive verb

  1. to close a session or meeting for a time Congress adjourned for the summer
  2. Informal to move from a place of meeting (to another place) let's adjourn to the patio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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