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adjourn

v.
C1 Advanced US //əˈdʒɝn// UK //ɐdʒˈɜːn// ad·journ Formal

v. to stop a meeting or a court session for a short time or for good. You use this when the people involved decide to leave the room and come back later.

v. to suspend a meeting, session, or proceeding temporarily or permanently. Often used in legal or parliamentary contexts to describe the formal cessation of a session.


SIMPLE

The judge decided to adjourn the trial until next week.

CONTEXTUAL

After the jury failed to reach a verdict by midnight, the judge ordered the trial to adjourn for the weekend.

COMPLEX

The committee chose to adjourn the debate until the following morning, allowing members time to review the new evidence presented by the opposing counsel.

Synonyms
Origin

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

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