verb

adjourn

uh-JURN

verb

To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.

"The judge adjourned the hearing until the following Monday."

"After three hours of debate, the committee agreed to adjourn."

To move as a group to another place, especially informally.

"Once the toast was finished, everyone adjourned to the garden."

How to Use Adjourn

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo break off a meeting or session, usually with the plan to continue it another time.

Common pairings

adjourn a meeting adjourn until court is adjourned

adjourned past tense, adjourns singular

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The judge _____ the hearing until the following Monday.

From Old French ajourner, from the phrase a jour (nomé), "to a (named) day" — the idea of setting a new date to continue.

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