adjourn

English

Etymology

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒɝn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈdʒɜːn/
Audio (US) (file)

Verb

adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)

(transitive) To postpone.
The trial was adjourned for a week.
(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of delaying Repentance (sermon):
  It is a common practice […] to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
The court will adjourn for lunch.
- 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26,
  The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.”
- 1959, Tom Lehrer (lyrics and music), “We Will All Go Together When We Go”:
  When it's time for the fallout / And Saint Peter calls us all out / We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

Related terms

adjournment

Translations

to postpone

Bulgarian: отлагам (bg) (otlagam), отсрочвам (bg) (otsročvam)
Catalan: ajornar (ca), posposar (ca)
Dutch: uitstellen (nl), verdagen (nl)
French: ajourner (fr)
German: unterbrechen (de) (short period of time), vertagen (de) (long period of time)
Hungarian: elnapol (hu), elhalaszt (hu)
Maori: hiki, pāuhu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ajournere (no), utsette (no)
Romanian: amâna (ro)
Russian: отложи́ть (ru) pf (otložítʹ), откла́дывать (ru) impf (otkládyvatʹ); отсро́чить (ru) pf (otsróčitʹ), отсро́чивать (ru) impf (otsróčivatʹ); оттяну́ть (ru) pf (ottjanútʹ), оття́гивать (ru) impf (ottjágivatʹ) (intentionally)
Spanish: suspender (es), posponer (es), diferir (es)
Swedish: ajournera (sv), flytta fram, skjuta upp (sv)

to defer

Bulgarian: прекъсвам (bg) (prekǎsvam), правя пауза (pravja pauza)
Catalan: ajornar (ca)
Dutch: onderbreken (nl)
French: ajourner (fr)
German: aufschieben (de)
Hungarian: halaszt (hu), elhalaszt (hu), elodáz
Maori: pāuhu, whakatārewa, hiki, hiki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ajournere (no), utsette (no)
Russian: де́лать (ru) (délatʹ) переры́в (ru) (pererýv), объявля́ть (ru) (obʺjavljátʹ) переры́в (ru) (pererýv)
Spanish: aplazar (es), posponer (es)

to end or suspend an event

Bulgarian: закривам (bg) (zakrivam)
Catalan: suspendre (ca)
Dutch: stopzetten (nl), afgelasten (nl)
French: ajourner (fr)
German: schließen (de), aufheben (de)
Hungarian: felfüggeszt (hu), berekeszt (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can
Russian: in different meanings закры́ть (ru) (zakrýtʹ), прекрати́ть (ru) (prekratítʹ), прерва́ть (ru) (prervátʹ), etc.
Spanish: suspender (es)

to move from one place to another

Bulgarian: премествам (bg) (premestvam)
French: mouvoir (fr)
German: sich begeben (de), sich zurückziehen (de) (participants); verlegen (de) (venue)
Hungarian: megy (hu), átmegy (hu), átvonul (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: please add this translation if you can
Russian: перемести́ться (ru) (peremestítʹsja)

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Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ertelemek (tr)

Anagrams

Jourdan