(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Proceedings were adjourned until 9.30am local time on Tuesday.
(2) It was on that basis that he resumed the adjourned inquest, at which Lugovoy is represented by counsel.
(3) On 10 December, he secured an adjournment debate to deliver the third speech in the Commons on schizophrenia since 1967, which will be his big focus for 2013.
(4) The court re-affirmed its ruling and parliament met for five minutes before adjourning, pending an appeal to a lower court.
(5) 11.19am BST State could ask for Pistorius' mental health to be assessed Nel says he wants to use the adjournment to study the provisions of Criminal Procedures Act, to see whether the prosecution might consider making a request for Pistorius to be assessed by the state: Karyn Maughan (@karynmaughan) Nel asks for break.
(6) A meeting on Friday morning of the OPCW's executive council in The Hague had been adjourned to work on the wording of the plan.
(7) Walker, who secured an adjournment debate in the Commons on schizophrenia in December, is exercised by the fact that the unemployment rate for people with this diagnosis stands at 92% – a figure he wants to see drop to 50%.
(8) The upheaval, which may spark protests, came after a court case launched by O'Neill's lawyers to stay the warrant for his arrest was adjourned until next week.
(9) Bob Watson, chief scientist at the environment department, Defra, and a former White House adviser in the mid-1990s, said it could be possible to adjourn the Copenhagen meeting if agreement is not reached.
(10) But when the court adjourned for lunch, June Steenkamp could be seen shaking her head and putting an arm around another family member, while Steenkamp's friend Gina Myers openly wept.
(11) The hearing was then adjourned for the judge and jurors to further consider the sentences for the remaining defendants.
(12) Day 18: 8 April 2014 The court adjourned early after the defence said Pistorius was too emotional to continue his testimony.
(13) Nel jokes that nobody has ever accused him of not "asking enough questions" before, but does not object to another 30-minute adjournment .
(14) He has had a stroke and is blind in one eye.” Asking for Reader’s sentence to be adjourned, Scobie said: “We suspect the prognosis for him, long term, is poor.
(15) Updated at 2.10pm GMT 1.47pm GMT The court has adjourned until tomorrow morning.
(16) Vos granted the adjournment "with considerable regret" to enable her lawyers to apply for a deposition from Macpherson, who is in Australia.
(17) The SDLP leader, Alasdair McDonnell, said: “Adjournment would not have added anything, an adjournment would have been there and when the adjournment was over we would still have been drifting toward suspension.
(18) It said the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, and foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, had sought a six-month adjournment in September in an attempt to allow the two countries “to seek an amicable settlement”.
(19) The Ukraine Freedom Support Act passed both the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday, but because of a technical issue it returned to the Senate where it passed by unanimous consent moments before the chamber adjourned late on Saturday night.
(20) The judge gave his ruling in a packed courtroom and went on to read a summary of his lengthy judgment, before adjourning.
Retire
Definition:
(v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
(v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
(v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
(v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
(v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
(v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
(v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
(v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
(n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
(n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peter retired in 1998, when he was appointed CBE for his services to drama.
(2) He was very touched that President Nicolas Sarkozy came out to the airport to meet us, even after Madiba retired.
(3) The authors studied 84 randomly selected participants who live in retirement communities to discover factors leading to successful completion of a wellness enhancing program.
(4) The results indicate that the legislated increase in the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits beginning in the 21st century will have relatively small effects on the ages of retirement and benefit acceptance.
(5) ... and the #housingstrategy on Twitter: Robin Macfarlane, a retired businessman: @MacfarlaneRobin House building should have been on the agenda from day one.
(6) He continued: "I don't think there could be a better move for me: to retire from one of the world's best football clubs at the end of the season and then join one of the world's best broadcasters.
(7) Emily Stow London • Until I retired a year ago I was a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia.
(8) Nearly half do not plan to retire from medical work.
(9) The statutory age of retirement for clergy is 70, although vicars’ terms can be extended by his or her bishop.
(10) The exercise comes at a sensitive time for Poland’s military, following the sacking or forced retirement of a quarter of the country’s generals since the nationalist Law and Justice government came to power in October last year.
(11) I'm just saying, in your … Instagrams, you don't have to have yourself with, walking with black people.” The male voice singles out Magic Johnson, the retired basketball star and investor: "Don't put him on an Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me.
(12) The Dacre review panel, which included Sir Joseph Pilling, a retired senior civil servant, and the historian Prof Sir David Cannadine, said Britain now had one of the "less liberal" regimes in Europe for access to confidential government papers and that reform was needed to restore some trust between politicians and people.
(13) Paddy Crerand was interviewed on Irish radio station Newstalk this morning and was in complete denial that Ferguson was about to retire.
(14) I am one of those retired civil servants who has not received my pension.
(15) The analysis of four surveys on elder people shows that health, income, social integration, knowledge about aging, plans for retirement, good ecological conditions, life satisfaction, and a low age seem to be general resources.
(16) The study population included 59 active workers (81 percent participation in this group) and 29 workers who were retired or inactive due to illness (69% participation).
(17) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
(18) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
(19) downward occupational and downward social drift, premature retirement and achievement of the expected social development.
(20) Crocker had retired from the government in April 2009, becoming dean of the Bush school of government and public service at Texas A&M University.