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# adjourn

verb (adjourn, adjourns, adjourned, adjourning)

«adjourn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To adjourn a meeting, court or game is to stop it for a while and continue later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#m1)
2. (formal, jokey) To adjourn to another place is to move there together: «let's adjourn to the kitchen». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal word in law, meetings and exam language: «the court adjourned until the next day». In school councils a meeting may be adjourned. In everyday talk people say «break», «stop for now» or «put off».

### Examples

- The judge adjourned the trial until next week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#x1)
- The meeting was adjourned for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#x2)
- Shall we adjourn to the garden for tea? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#x3)
- The chess game was adjourned and finished the next day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#x4)
- The school council adjourned without a decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#x5)
- The match was adjourned because of rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#x6)
- But let us adjourn to my study, and examine these new stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: ad-journ (silent «d»: said «uh-JURN»). Noun: adjournment. Formal; it means a pause, not an end.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adjourn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjourn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adjourn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adjourn.html) on Mova free.