Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To suspend until a later stated time.
- intransitive verb To suspend proceedings to another time or place.
- intransitive verb To move from one place to another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put off or defer, properly to another day, but also till a later period indefinitely.
- Specifically To suspend the meeting of, as a public or private body, to a future day or to another place; also, defer or postpone to a future meeting of the same body: as, the court adjourned the consideration of the question.
- To suspend a sitting or transaction till another day, or transfer it to another place: usually said of legislatures, courts, or other formally organized bodies: as, the legislature adjourned at four o'clock; the meeting adjourned to the town hall.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb 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
- transitive verb 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
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
postpone . - verb transitive
Temporarily ending anevent withintentions tocomplete it at another time or place. - verb intransitive Of an event: To
end orsuspend - verb intransitive, formal, uncommon To move from one place to another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb break from a meeting or gathering
- verb close at the end of a session
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ntsebeza said he had used the word "adjourn" advisedly in ending the day's proceedings.
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Later Mr. Bobbsey learned that the senators and congressmen were meeting at night in order to finish a lot of work so they could the sooner end the session -- "adjourn," as it is called.
The Bobbsey Twins in Washington Laura Lee Hope
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Inviting the opposition to 'adjourn' their effort to adjourn Assembly sessions, Mr. Bhattacharjee said they could instead join hands with the government for the State's development.
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Inviting the opposition to 'adjourn' their effort to adjourn Assembly sessions, Mr. Bhattacharjee said they could instead join hands with the government for the State's development.
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Between 4 and 5. the Gov 'adjourn'd to Ten a-clock Satterday mornings and presently rose up and went away.
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Page 41 striking out all after the word "adjourn" and inserting "sine die.
Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Called Session of 1862 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1862
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Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
David Arkush: Republicans Do Not Have the Power to Block an Elizabeth Warren Recess Appointment David Arkush 2011
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He may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper . . .
David Arkush: Republicans Do Not Have the Power to Block an Elizabeth Warren Recess Appointment David Arkush 2011
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When the House and Senate cannot agree on the timing of adjournment, the Constitution explicitly provides the President the power to adjourn the Congress:
David Arkush: Republicans Do Not Have the Power to Block an Elizabeth Warren Recess Appointment David Arkush 2011
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If the Senate wants to adjourn and the House won't permit it, the President can adjourn both houses of Congress.
David Arkush: Republicans Do Not Have the Power to Block an Elizabeth Warren Recess Appointment David Arkush 2011
mialuthien commented on the word adjourn
to adjourn – to suspend until a later stated time
July 14, 2008