verb
- suspending or postponing a meeting, session, or proceeding to a later time or indefinitely
Usage: present participle of adjourn
Examples
- The judge is adjourning the trial until next week.
- The committee is adjourning for lunch and will reconvene at 2 PM.
- After three hours of debate, the council is adjourning without reaching a decision.
- The meeting is adjourning early due to the emergency.
- Parliament is adjourning for the summer recess.
- The board is adjourning the session until all members can be present.