"adjourn" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈd͡ʒɝn/ [General-American], /əˈdʒɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-adjourn.ogg Forms: adjourns [present, singular, third-person], adjourning [participle, present], adjourned [participle, past], adjourned [past]
Etymology: From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day"). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ajournen}} Middle English ajournen, {{der|en|fro|ajorner}} Old French ajorner Head templates: {{en-verb}} adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)
  1. (transitive) To postpone. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Time Translations (to postpone): отлагам (otlagam) (Bulgarian), отсрочвам (otsročvam) (Bulgarian), ajornar (Catalan), posposar (Catalan), uitstellen (Dutch), verdagen (Dutch), ajourner (French), unterbrechen (english: short period of time) (German), vertagen (english: long period of time) (German), elnapol (Hungarian), elhalaszt (Hungarian), hiki (Maori), pāuhu (Maori), ajournere (Norwegian Bokmål), utsette (Norwegian Bokmål), amâna (Romanian), отложи́ть (otložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отсро́чить (otsróčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отсро́чивать (otsróčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оттяну́ть (ottjanútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), оття́гивать (ottjágivatʹ) (english: intentionally) [imperfective] (Russian), suspender (Spanish), posponer (Spanish), diferir (Spanish), ajournera (Swedish), flytta fram (Swedish), skjuta upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-adjourn-en-verb-t9HXxcQ8 Disambiguation of Time: 40 50 10 0 Disambiguation of 'to postpone': 68 26 6 0
  2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Time Translations (to defer): прекъсвам (prekǎsvam) (Bulgarian), правя пауза (pravja pauza) (Bulgarian), ajornar (Catalan), onderbreken (Dutch), ajourner (French), aufschieben (German), halaszt (Hungarian), elhalaszt (Hungarian), elodáz (Hungarian), pāuhu (Maori), whakatārewa (Maori), hiki (Maori), ajournere (Norwegian Bokmål), utsette (Norwegian Bokmål), де́лать переры́в (délatʹ) (Russian), объявля́ть переры́в (obʺjavljátʹ) (Russian), aplazar (Spanish), posponer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adjourn-en-verb-gNHSTk99 Disambiguation of Time: 40 50 10 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 39 27 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 49 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 51 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 67 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 70 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 68 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 55 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 55 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 68 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 56 23 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 68 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 65 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 68 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 66 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 67 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 68 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 68 11 11 Disambiguation of 'to defer': 29 68 4 0
  3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Time Translations (to end or suspend an event): закривам (zakrivam) (Bulgarian), suspendre (Catalan), stopzetten (Dutch), afgelasten (Dutch), ajourner (French), schließen (German), aufheben (German), felfüggeszt (Hungarian), berekeszt (Hungarian), in different meanings закры́ть (zakrýtʹ) (Russian), прекрати́ть (prekratítʹ) (Russian), прерва́ть (prervátʹ) (Russian), etc. (Russian), suspender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adjourn-en-verb-j8R~JK-c Disambiguation of Time: 40 50 10 0 Disambiguation of 'to end or suspend an event': 8 4 88 0
  4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another. Tags: formal, intransitive, uncommon Translations (to move from one place to another): премествам (premestvam) (Bulgarian), mouvoir (French), sich begeben (German), sich zurückziehen (english: participants) (German), verlegen (venue) (German), megy (Hungarian), átmegy (Hungarian), átvonul (Hungarian), перемести́ться (peremestítʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-adjourn-en-verb-54WlB1fO Disambiguation of 'to move from one place to another': 0 0 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adjournment, nonadjournment, readjournment

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Danger and Mischief of delaying Repentance”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:",
          "text": "It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.",
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        "(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely."
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          "word": "правя пауза"
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          "sense": "to defer",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to defer",
          "word": "aufschieben"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to defer",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "roman": "délatʹ",
          "sense": "to defer",
          "word": "де́лать переры́в"
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          "word": "aplazar"
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          "sense": "to defer",
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          "text": "The court will adjourn for lunch.",
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          "ref": "1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26:",
          "text": "The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.”",
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        "(intransitive) To end or suspend an event."
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          "roman": "zakrivam",
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        "(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another."
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          "word": "átvonul"
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      "roman": "otlagam",
      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
      "word": "posposar"
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      "word": "elnapol"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "word": "ajournere"
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "word": "оттяну́ть"
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      "english": "intentionally",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to postpone",
      "word": "suspender"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
      "word": "posponer"
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      "sense": "to postpone",
      "word": "diferir"
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to postpone",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "prekǎsvam",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "прекъсвам"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravja pauza",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "правя пауза"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "ajornar"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "onderbreken"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "ajourner"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "aufschieben"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "halaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "elhalaszt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "elodáz"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "pāuhu"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "whakatārewa"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "hiki"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "hiki"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "ajournere"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "utsette"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délatʹ",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "де́лать переры́в"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obʺjavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "объявля́ть переры́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "aplazar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "posponer"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "zakrivam",
      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "закривам"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "suspendre"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "stopzetten"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "afgelasten"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "ajourner"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "schließen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "aufheben"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "felfüggeszt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "berekeszt"
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
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      "roman": "prekratítʹ",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to move from one place to another",
      "word": "mouvoir"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to move from one place to another",
      "word": "sich begeben"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "participants",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to move from one place to another",
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      "word": "átvonul"
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      "roman": "peremestítʹsja",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.