adjourn

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.

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[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).]

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ad·journment n.

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adjourn [əˈdʒɜːn]

vb

1. (intr) (of a court, etc.) to close at the end of a session

2. to postpone or be postponed, esp temporarily or to another place

3. (tr) to put off (a problem, discussion, etc.) for later consideration; defer

4. (intr) Informal

a.  to move elsewhere let's adjourn to the kitchen

b.  to stop work

[from Old French ajourner to defer to an arranged day, from a- to + jour day, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus daily, from diēs day]

adjournment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	adjourn - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" recess, break up end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	2.	adjourn - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" retire, withdraw seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" close down, close up, shut down, close, fold - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

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adjourn

verb postpone, delay, suspend, interrupt, put off, stay, defer, recess, discontinue, put on the back burner (informal), prorogue, take a rain check on (U.S. & Canad. informal) The proceedings have been adjourned until next week.
open, continue, remain, stay, gather, assemble, reopen, convene

Translations

adjourn [əˈdʒɜːn]

A. VT

1. (= suspend) → suspender; (= postpone) → aplazar
to adjourn a discussion for a week → aplazar un debate por una semana
I declare the meeting adjourned → se levanta la sesión
to stand adjourned → estar en suspenso

2. (Jur) the court is adjourned → se levanta la sesión

B. VI

1. [meeting] → aplazarse (Parl) → disolverse
the court then adjourned → entonces el tribunal levantó la sesión

2. (= move) (frm or hum) to adjourn to [+ sitting-room, verandah] → pasar a
they adjourned to the pub → se trasladaron al bar

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adjourn [əˈdʒɜː^rn]

vt

[+ meeting, trial] → ajourner
to adjourn sth till the following week → reporter qch à la semaine suivante

vi

[meeting] → suspendre la séance, lever la séance; [parliament] → clore la session

(= go)
They adjourned to the pub → Ils ont filé au pub.

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adjourn

vt

(to another day) → vertagen (→ until auf +acc); he adjourned the meeting for three hours → er unterbrach die Konferenz für drei Stunden

(US: = end) → beenden

vi

(to another day) → sich vertagen (→ until auf +acc); to adjourn for lunch/one hour → zur Mittagspause/für eine Stunde unterbrechen

(= go to another place) to adjourn to the living room → sich ins Wohnzimmer begeben

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adjourn [əˈdʒɜːn]

1. vt (suspend) → aggiornare, rimandare, rinviare
to adjourn a meeting till the following week → aggiornare or rinviare un incontro alla settimana seguente
to adjourn a meeting for a month → rinviare un incontro di un mese

2. vi

a. → sospendere la seduta (Parliament) → sospendere i lavori

b. (move) → spostarsi
they adjourned to the pub (fam) → si sono trasferiti al pub

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adjourn

v adjourn [əˈdʒəːn]

to stop (a meeting etc), intending to continue it at another time or place We shall adjourn (the meeting) until Wednesday. verdaag يُؤَجِّل отлагам odložit udsætte; udskyde vertagen διακόπτω προσωρινά, αναβάλλω aplazar katkestama, edasi lükkama به بعد موکول کردن lykätä ajourner (à) לִדְחוֹת, לָצֵאת לְהַפסָקָה स्थगित करना odgoditi elnapol menunda, menangguhkan fresta, gera hlé aggiornare 延期する, 休会する 휴회하다 daryti pertrauką, pertraukti pārtraukt (sēdi u.tml.); pasludināt pārtraukumu (sēdes u.tml.) tangguh verdagen heve et møte (inntil videre) odraczać suspender a suspenda отсрочивать odložiť (na) preložiti odložiti ajournera เลื่อน ertelemek 休會 відкладати ملتوی کرنا hoãn lại 休会

n aˈdjournment

verdaging تَأجِيل отсрочка odložení, odklad udsættelse; udskydelse die Vertagung προσωρινή διακοπή, αναβολή aplazamiento katkestamine, edasilükkamine تعطیل موقت lykkäys ajournement דחִייָה, נְעִיַלת יְשִיבָה .स्थगन, काम रोकना odgoda elnapolás penundaan frestun aggiornamento, rinvio 延期, 休会 휴회 pertrauka pārtraukšana (sēdes u.tml.) penangguhan verdaging avslutning, utsettelse odroczenie suspensão suspendare отсрочка odklad, odročenie preložitev odlaganje ajournering การเลื่อน erteleme 休會 відстрочка, відкладання التوا sự hoãn lại 休会