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adjourn
(/@/'/dZ//[@]/rn )

verb (v)

  • close at the end of a session(verb.change)
    Example:
    The court adjourned.
    Synonym:
    break up, recess
    source: wordnet30
  • break from a meeting or gathering(verb.social)
    Example:
    We adjourned for lunch.
    Synonym:
    retire, withdraw
    source: wordnet30
  • To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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