"prorogue" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈɹəʊɡ/ [UK], /pɹoʊˈɹoʊɡ/ [US] Audio: en-us-prorogue.ogg [US] Forms: prorogues [present, singular, third-person], proroguing [participle, present], prorogued [participle, past], prorogued [past]
Rhymes: -əʊɡ Etymology: From Old French proroger, proroguer, from Latin prōrogō (“prolong, defer”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pro-}}, {{der|en|fro|proroger}} Old French proroger, {{m|fro|proroguer}} proroguer, {{der|en|la|prōrogō||prolong, defer}} Latin prōrogō (“prolong, defer”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} prorogue (third-person singular simple present prorogues, present participle proroguing, simple past and past participle prorogued)
  1. (transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. Tags: transitive Translations (to suspend a parliamentary session): verdagen (Dutch), opschorten (Dutch), schorsen (Dutch), proroger (French), vertagen (German), prorogare (Italian), prorrogar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prorogue-en-verb-nwLridtw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 18 21 Disambiguation of 'to suspend a parliamentary session': 81 13 6
  2. (transitive, now rare) To defer. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms (to defer): defer, postpone Translations (to defer): uitstellen (Dutch), opschuiven (Dutch), verschieben (German), aufschieben (German)
    Sense id: en-prorogue-en-verb-fSq3xga4 Disambiguation of 'to defer': 6 91 3 Disambiguation of 'to defer': 6 91 3
  3. (obsolete) To prolong or extend. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (to prolong): extend, prolong, protract Translations (to prolong or extend): verlengen (Dutch), ouitbreiden (Dutch), proroger (French), verlängern (German), prorrogar (Portuguese), prorrogar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prorogue-en-verb-r4SWDDWO Disambiguation of 'to prolong': 6 19 75 Disambiguation of 'to prolong or extend': 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prorogate, prorogation, prorogator, proroguement

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for prorogue meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

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