adjourned; adjourning; adjourns
: to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
adjourn a meeting
Court is adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
1
: to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place
Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
2
: to move to another place
We adjourned to the library.
Examples of adjourn in a Sentence
The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
Court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow.
The meeting adjourned at 4:00.
Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
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The General Assembly in Indianapolis, where Hatcher is a Democratic House member representing Gary, Hobart, Lake Station, and New Chicago, doesn’t adjourn until April 29.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The General Assembly in Indianapolis, where Hatcher is a Democratic House member representing Gary, Hobart, Lake Station, and New Chicago, doesn’t adjourn until April 29.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The court has just been adjourned for the day with absolutely no action taking place in the courtroom, with lawyers on both sides repeatedly asking for delays.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
Now that the Trash Can Investigative Committee has adjourned, what’s left to even argue about?
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Adjourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjourn. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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adjourn
verb
ad·journ
ə-ˈjərn 
1
: to bring or come to a close for a period of time
Congress adjourned
adjourn a meeting
2
: to move to another place
let us adjourn to the sitting room
adjournment
noun
-mənt
Legal Definition
adjourn
transitive verb
ad·journ
ə-ˈjərn
: to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally
adjourning the session
: to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : suspend formal business or procedure and disband
the congress will adjourn next month
adjournment
noun
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