0 to stop (a meeting etc), intending to continue it at another time or place -- tangguh
We shall adjourn (the meeting) until Wednesday.
The sitting was adjourned at 5.05 p.m. and resumed at 5.30 p.m.
We shall now adjourn the debate; it will be resumed at 3 p.m.
A coroner's inquest was opened and adjourned until today.
The city council's proposals were strongly opposed at the inquiry, which was adjourned by agreement so that the commissioner could explore the possibility of compromise.
It was my understanding that he felt we could and should be able to deal with it before we adjourned for supper.
No such appeals are likely to be adjourned because of the long vacation.
Do we adjourn when we are tired and fed up?
This sitting is now adjourned, and will resume as soon as the bells indicate that work can be resumed as normal.
