adjournment
adjournment · adjournments
отсрочка, задержка, перерыв
Vertagung, Verschiebung
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourningThe state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
US/ədʒˈɝnmənt/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired.
Vertagung, Verschiebung
отсро́чкаotsróčka, заде́ржкаzadéržka, переры́вpererýv
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Ampliatio.
More definitions
- the termination of a meeting
- the act of postponing to another time or place
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
the state of being adjourned:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the state of being adjourned:
Origin
From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, from ajourner (“to postpone”)From Middle English ajournement, from Old French ajornement, from ajourner (“to postpone”) + -ment. Equivalent to adjourn + -ment. Doublet of aggiornamento.
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Forms
plural: adjournments| Singular | adjournment |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsaction of adjourning:deferral
Close in meaning
- the termination of a meeting:dissolution
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedadjourn
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable