| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| adjourn |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·journ |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -jûrn |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ad·journed, ad·journ·ing, ad·journs
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To suspend until a later stated time. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To suspend proceedings to another time or place. 2. To move from one place to another: After the meal we adjourned to the living room. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajourner : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + jour, day (from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, daily, from di s, day; see dyeu- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | ad·journment —NOUN
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