[əˈdʒəːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later
(e.g: the meeting was adjourned until December 4)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘summon someone to appear on a particular day’): from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) ‘to an (appointed) day’