Associations to the word «Adjourn»

Wiktionary

ADJOURN, verb. (transitive) To postpone.
ADJOURN, verb. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
ADJOURN, verb. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
ADJOURN, verb. (intransitive) (formal) (uncommon) To move from one place to another.

Dictionary definition

ADJOURN, verb. Close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned".
ADJOURN, verb. Break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca