adjourn

Etymology

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

verb

  1. (transitive) To postpone.
    The trial was adjourned for a week.
  2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
  3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
    The court will adjourn for lunch.
    The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.” 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26
    When it's time for the fallout / And Saint Peter calls us all out / We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn 1959, Tom Lehrer (lyrics and music), “We Will All Go Together When We Go”
  4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
    After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

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