"prorogue" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈɹəʊɡ/ [UK], /pɹoʊˈɹoʊɡ/ [US] Audio: en-us-prorogue.ogg 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, {{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), odroczyć [perfective] (Polish), odraczać [imperfective] (Polish), prorrogar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prorogue-en-verb-nwLridtw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 18 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 18 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 19 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 61 17 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 20 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 15 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 72 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 72 12 15 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), odłożyć [perfective] (Polish), wstrzymać [perfective] (Polish)
    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

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      ],
      "word": "wstrzymać"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to prolong or extend",
      "word": "verlengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to prolong or extend",
      "word": "ouitbreiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to prolong or extend",
      "word": "proroger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prolong or extend",
      "word": "verlängern"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to prolong or extend",
      "word": "prorrogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prolong or extend",
      "word": "prorrogar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prorogue"
}

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