adjournment

Examples

• All

• When such a complaint is filed, you have the right to an adjournment to obtain a lawyer.

  The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

• I look forward to working with Earle and to turning over to him the responsibilities of this office at the adjournment of the 1999 Annual Meeting.

  Academic text (2000)

• I would like to request an adjournment, sir, until tomorrow morning.

  Breaker Morant (1980)

• There was an adjournment, then another five hours.

  The Luzhin Defence (2000)

• The adjournment was to last longer than anyone expected.

  Forgotten Silver (1997)

• Mr. Keane, do you wish to apply for an adjournment, so that you may consider your position?

  The Paradine Case (1947)

• As Congress neared adjournment, the committee was expected to report out a decontrol bill.

  Academic text (1990)

• "I am calling a brief adjournment, my Lord Holders, for private discussions," Lytol said and, rising, moved away from the table.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The congressional elders, worried that war would be decided in their absence, arranged for the adjournment resolution to allow the congressional leadership to call Congress back to session if hostilities seemed imminent or actually commenced.

  Academic text (1991)

• The judge announced an adjournment until the following week to allow both sides to gather more evidence.

Synonyms

H

halt

vsadjournment

109 2.3

A stop in movement or activity

is used for formal proceedings and usually implies later resumption

S

suspension

vsadjournment

70 4.3

A temporary stop of an activity or service

is specific to formal meetings and implies returning later

Antonyms

C

continuation

56 3.6

An act of something keeping going without stopping

How Short

pause

192 1.0

adjournment

• Formal

8 6.6

suspension

70 4.3

termination

• Formal

56 4.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology