adjourn

About 0.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To postpone.

   The trial was adjourned for a week.

2. verb To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
3. verb To end or suspend an event.

   The court will adjourn for lunch.

4. verb To move as a group from one place to another.

   After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

Similar words

withdraw retire recess break up adjournment deferral defer deferment postponement suspend

Often followed by

the to for from until them and without till

Word family

adjourned adjourning adjourns