adjournment

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adjournment - the termination of a meeting         dissolution 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

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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 [əˈdʒɜː^rnmənt] 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