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- DictionaryAd·journ·ment/əˈjərnm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. an act or period of adjourning or being adjourned: "she sought an adjournment of the trial"
1. : the act of adjourning. adjournment of a meeting. 2. : the state or interval of being adjourned. a brief adjournment. Examples of adjournment in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web But Democrats disagreed that the adjournment met procedural rules.
noun [ C or U ] MEETINGS, LAW formal uk / əˈdʒɜːnmənt / us. Add to word list. the temporary ending of a meeting or trial, or the period of time during which it is temporarily ended: This trial has a history of delays and repeated adjournments. The judge granted the request for an adjournment.
the temporary ending of a meeting or trial, or the period of time during which it is temporarily ended: This trial has a history of delays and repeated adjournments. The judge granted the request for an adjournment. The Senate passed the bill, but the House didn't vote on it before adjournment.
Adjournment definition: the act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned. . See examples of ADJOURNMENT used in a sentence.
adjournment. noun. /əˈdʒɜːnmənt/. /əˈdʒɜːrnmənt/. [countable, uncountable] (formal) a time when a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, is stopped for a period of time; the fact of stopping a meeting or an official process in this way. The judge granted us a short adjournment. Topics Working life c2.
1. To suspend proceedings to another time or place. 2. To move to a new location, especially to a less formal setting: After the meal, we adjourned to the living room.
1. : to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place. Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed. 2. : to move to another place. We adjourned to the library. Synonyms. prorogate. prorogue. recess. suspend. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of adjourn in a Sentence.
