Adjourn

Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (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.

Compare adjourn with other words:

adjourn vs. gather

adjourn vs. readjourn

adjoin vs. adjourn

adjourn vs. use

adjourn vs. adjournment

adjourn vs. end

adjourn vs. suspend

adjourn vs. defer

adjourn vs. postpone

adjourn vs. delay