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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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That plan passed the Senate but died in the House as lawmakers wrapped up work to adjourn for the year.
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.
Judge Roger Scott heard that he was a man of previous good character and agreed to adjourn his sentence for the preparation of various reports.
We are going to reconstitute the Court for the next case, so we will adjourn now and resume at 2 pm.
Judge Simpson agreed to adjourn sentence for four weeks to allow for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.
However a judge had to adjourn passing sentence because the defendant must be returned to prison to finish an earlier sentence.

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