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What does adjourn mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word adjourn? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To postpone.
  2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
  3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
  4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
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Judge Simpson agreed to adjourn sentence for four weeks to allow for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.
The purport of this motion is to adjourn the House until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 February and to set the sitting days for next year.
A motion to adjourn and reconvene in six days so that directors could assimilate the new information was defeated by three votes.
That plan passed the Senate but died in the House as lawmakers wrapped up work to adjourn for the year.
She had been persuaded on grounds of proportionality that she should not adjourn the hearing.
Counsel asked to adjourn to the next day as the witness seemed like she was disinterested and unresponsive to questions.

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