adjourn

Everyday

1. (formal) To adjourn a meeting, court or game is to stop it for a while and continue later. tree →
2. (formal, jokey) To adjourn to another place is to move there together: «let's adjourn to the kitchen». tree →

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 →
• The meeting was adjourned for lunch. tree →
• Shall we adjourn to the garden for tea? tree →
• The chess game was adjourned and finished the next day. tree →
• The school council adjourned without a decision. tree →
• The match was adjourned because of rain. tree →
• But let us adjourn to my study, and examine these new stories. tree →

Note

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