adjourn

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈdʒɝn/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /əˈdʒɜːn/

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Verb

Plain form adjourn

Third-person singular adjourns

Past tense adjourned

Past participle adjourned

Present participle adjourning

1. (transitive) If you adjourn a meeting, you end it.
   • Synonym: recess

   The trial was adjourned when the defendant was found innocent.

Related words

• adjournment