From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒɝn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈdʒɜːn/

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adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)

1. (transitive) To postpone.

   The trial was adjourned for a week.

2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow.[…], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy,[…], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.

3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

   The court will adjourn for lunch.

   • 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order‎^[1], Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., Article III, Section 10, pp. 25-26:

     The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.”

   • 1959, Tom Lehrer, “We Will All Go Together When We Go”:

     When it's time for the fallout / And Saint Peter calls us all out / We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn

4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.

   After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

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