Words Like ADJOURN

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ADJOURN.

16 Alternative Words Similar to adjourn

1 Recess Verb      Synonym Words Like Recess
2 Withdraw Verb      Synonym Words Like Withdraw
3 Retire Verb      Synonym Words Like Retire
4 Cease Verb      Synonym Words Like Cease
5 Close Verb      Synonym Words Like Close
6 End Verb      Synonym Words Like End
7 Finish Verb      Synonym Words Like Finish
8 Fold Verb      Synonym Words Like Fold
9 Stop Verb      Synonym Words Like Stop
10 Terminate Verb      Synonym Words Like Terminate
11 Adjourned Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Adjourned
12 Adjourning Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Adjourning
13 Postpone Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Postpone
14 Closedown Verb      Hypernym Words Like Closedown
15 Closeup Verb      Hypernym Words Like Closeup
16 Prorogue Verb      Hyponym Words Like Prorogue

3 examples of adjourn

1 to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
2 congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.
3 The men retired to the library

10 definitions of adjourn

1 To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body
2 To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies
3 break from a meeting or gathering
4 close at the end of a session
5 To suspend until a later stated time.
6 To suspend proceedings to another time or place.
7 To move from one place to another: After the meal we adjourned to the living room.
8 To put off or defer, properly to another day, but also till a later period indefinitely.
9 Specifically To suspend the meeting of, as a public or private body, to a future day or to another place; also, defer or postpone to a future meeting of the same body: as, the court adjourned the consideration of the question.
10 To suspend a sitting or transaction till another day, or transfer it to another place: usually said of legislatures, courts, or other formally organized bodies: as, the legislature adjourned at four o'clock; the meeting adjourned to the town hall.
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