"adjourn" meaning in English

See adjourn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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)
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  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",
          "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",
          "sense": "to defer",
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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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          "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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      "roman": "otlagam",
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      "roman": "prekǎsvam",
      "sense": "to defer",
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      "roman": "pravja pauza",
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      "word": "правя пауза"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "onderbreken"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "aufschieben"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "halaszt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to defer",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to defer",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to defer",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "whakatārewa"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to defer",
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      "word": "hiki"
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "ajournere"
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      "sense": "to defer",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "délatʹ",
      "sense": "to defer",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "obʺjavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "объявля́ть переры́в"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "aplazar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to defer",
      "word": "posponer"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "закривам"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "suspendre"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "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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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "ajourner"
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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",
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "berekeszt"
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      "sense": "to end or suspend an event",
      "word": "in different meanings закры́ть"
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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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      "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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      "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 English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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.