adjourn
Meaning of adjourn
verb
- break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later.
the meeting was adjourned until December 4
let's adjourn and reconvene at 2 o'clock
Middle English (in the sense ‘summon someone to appear on a particular day’): from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome ) ‘to an (appointed) day’.
Information about adjourn
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of adjourn is: adjourns.
- Languages in which adjourn is used:
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Hyphenation of adjourn
ad-journ
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- adjourn is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
adjourn synonyms
Meaning recess:
Meaning withdraw:
Translation of adjourn
- German: aufschieben
- French: répousser
- Portuguese: adiar
- Spanish: posponer, aplazar
- Italian: rinviare, aggiornare, posporre, rimandare
Anagrams of adjourn
Words that rhyme with adjourn
ourn, Ayckbourn, Bourn, Chadbourn, Lilbourn, Osbourn, bourn, DJourn, journ, preadjourn, readjourn, rejourn, resojourn, sojourn, bemourn, comourn, mourn, overmourn, premourn, chapourn, tourn, yourn
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