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Word: Adjourn
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈdʒəːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later
Short Definition:break off meeting, legal case
Examples:- the meeting was adjourned until December 4
- let's adjourn and reconvene at 2 o'clock
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