adjourn

Meaning of adjourn

verb
  1. 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.
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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:

recess

Meaning withdraw:

withdraw, retire

Translation of adjourn

Anagrams of adjourn

Jourdan

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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