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adjournadjourn /əˈdʒɚn/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYadjournOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French ajourner, from jour day VERB TABLEadjourn |
| Present | I, you, we, they | adjourn | | he, she, it | adjourns | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | adjourned | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have adjourned | | he, she, it | has adjourned | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had adjourned | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will adjourn | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have adjourned |
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| Present | I | am adjourning | | he, she, it | is adjourning | | you, we, they | are adjourning | | Past | I, he, she, it | was adjourning | | you, we, they | were adjourning | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been adjourning | | he, she, it | has been adjourning | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been adjourning | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be adjourning | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been adjourning |
► adjourn ... meeting The chairman can adjourn the meeting at any time. ► trial ... adjourned The trial was adjourned for two weeks. 1[intransitive, transitive] law if a meeting, law court, or Congress adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it stops for a short time: The chairman can adjourn the meeting at any time.adjourn for/until The trial was adjourned for two weeks. The committee adjourned until Tuesday.2adjourn to something humorous to finish an activity and go somewhere: We all adjourned to the bar to celebrate.—adjournment noun [countable, uncountable] |