adjourn. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

adjourn

SYLLABICATION:	ad·journ
PRONUNCIATION:	-jûrn
VERB:	Inflected forms: ad·journed, ad·journ·ing, ad·journs
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To suspend until a later stated time.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	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.
ETYMOLOGY:	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 Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:	ad·journment —NOUN


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