MEANING
To pause or end a meeting or hearing, usually until a later time.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- adjourn a hearing
- adjourn until Monday
On the page
The panel adjourned until the missing witness could attend.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- adjourn
- Past tense
- adjourned
- Past participle
- adjourned
- Present participle
- adjourning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- adjourn
- Present continuous
- am/is/are adjourning
- Present perfect
- have/has adjourned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been adjourning
- Past
- adjourned
- Past continuous
- was/were adjourning
- Past perfect
- had adjourned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been adjourning
- Future
- will adjourn
- Future continuous
- will be adjourning
- Future perfect
- will have adjourned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been adjourning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: adjourn; adjourns; adjourned; adjourned; adjourning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: adjourns.
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