adjourned; adjourning; adjourns
: to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
adjourn a meeting
Court is adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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.
Examples of adjourn in a Sentence
The chairperson has adjourned the meeting.
Court is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow.
The meeting adjourned at 4:00.
Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.
Recent Examples on the Web
The House then passed several more bills and adjourned early Tuesday morning.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
The bill passed the Missouri House of Representatives earlier this month but lacked support in the Senate, which adjourned early, leading Kehoe to call the special session for next week.
—Nate Taylor, New York Times, 30 May 2025
In the fiscal session that adjourned in May 2024, the General Assembly and the governor authorized a $109.3 million increase in the state's general revenue budget to $6.31 billion in fiscal 2025, with most of the increase devoted to the Education Freedom Accounts and the state's public school fund.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
The court adjourned for the day without the rapper appearing; he is expected to be in court on Thursday to take the stand.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
The bill passed the Missouri House of Representatives earlier this month but lacked support in the Senate, which adjourned early, leading Kehoe to call the special session for next week.
—Nate Taylor, New York Times, 30 May 2025
In the fiscal session that adjourned in May 2024, the General Assembly and the governor authorized a $109.3 million increase in the state's general revenue budget to $6.31 billion in fiscal 2025, with most of the increase devoted to the Education Freedom Accounts and the state's public school fund.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
The court adjourned for the day without the rapper appearing; he is expected to be in court on Thursday to take the stand.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
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“Adjourn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjourn. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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adjourn
verb
ad·journ
ə-ˈjərn 
1
: to bring or come to a close for a period of time
Congress adjourned
adjourn a meeting
2
: to move to another place
let us adjourn to the sitting room
adjournment
noun
-mənt
Legal Definition
adjourn
transitive verb
ad·journ
ə-ˈjərn
: to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally
adjourning the session
: to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : suspend formal business or procedure and disband
the congress will adjourn next month
adjournment
noun
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