to adjourn

Examples

• All

• - Court is adjourned.

  Half Baked (1998)

• Why don't you adjourn to my study?

  Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

• So let's adjourn until we get...

  Find Me Guilty (2006)

• The court will now adjourn and judgment will be given in due course.

  Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

• Shall we adjourn to the food quarters?

  The Benchwarmers (2006)

• They're like, we need to adjourn this case for half an hour.

• This session is now adjourned.

  Walkout (2006)

• The house then adjourned to continue the discussion the next day.

  Academic text (2009)

• This court stands adjourned until 9:00 tomorrow morning.

  Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

• This meeting is adjourned.

  Starsky & Hutch (2004)

Synonyms

C

to close

vsto adjourn

∞ 1.0

To finish an event, meeting, or activity

can instead mean a pause with intent to resume later

R

to recess

vsto adjourn

• Formal

15 4.8

To stop a meeting, court, or session for a short time

often implies a temporary pause rather than a final end

W

to wrap a meeting

vsto adjourn

2 3.2

To finish a meeting so everyone can leave

can mean pause or end with intent to continue later

P

to prorogue

vsto adjourn

• UK

1 9.9

To end or delay a session of parliament without breaking it up

is broader, covering meetings and temporary pauses as well as endings

Antonyms

C

to convene

• Formal

45 5.7

To bring people together for a formal meeting

How Short

to pause

346 1.0

to adjourn

• Formal

81 5.3

to suspend

141 3.9

to terminate

147 4.6

Surface Forms

Etymology