Betydelse av adjourn på svenska

• 0 to have a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial:

  • The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday.

  • Shall we adjourn for lunch?

• 1 to rest or pause during a meeting or trial:

  • [ T ] They adjourned the meeting until after lunch.

• 2 to temporarily end a meeting or trial:

  • adjourn for sth The meeting adjourned for lunch.

  • adjourn a case/hearing/trial/inquest/meeting The district judge adjourned the case for 16 weeks to allow time for experts to give evidence.