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adjournment
(redirected from Adjourned game)

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ad·journ  (-jûrn)
v. ad·journed, ad·journ·ing, ad·journs
v.tr.
To suspend until a later stated time.
v.intr.
1. To suspend proceedings to another time or place.
2. To move from one place to another: After the meal we adjourned to the living room.

[Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajourner : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + jour, day (from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, daily, from dis, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]

ad·journment n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.adjournment - the termination of a meetingadjournment - the termination of a meeting        
ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
2.adjournment - the act of postponing to another time or place
deferment, deferral, postponement - act of putting off to a future time

adjournment
noun postponement, delay, suspension, putting off, stay, recess, interruption, deferment, deferral, discontinuation, prorogation The court ordered a four-month adjournment.
Translations
adjournment [əˈdʒɜːnmənt] N (= period) → suspensión f; (= postponement) → aplazamiento m
adjournment [əˈdʒɜːrnmənt] n
(= suspending) [meeting] → report m, ajournement m; [legal case] → ajournement m, renvoi m
(= period) → ajournement m adjournment debate
adjournment debate n (in Parliament)débat m de clôture
adjournment
n (to another day) → Vertagung f (→ until auf +acc); (within a day) → Unterbrechung f
adjournment [əˈdʒɜːnmənt] n (of meeting) → rinvio, aggiornamento


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