English > adjourn: 2 senses > verb 2, socialMeaning | break from a meeting or gathering. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Example | "We adjourned for lunch" |
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Synonyms | withdraw, retire |
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Entails | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
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Narrower | prorogue | adjourn by royal prerogative |
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Broader | close up, close, fold, shut down, close down | Cease to operate or cause to cease operating |
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Similar to | seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw | Keep away from others |
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Spanish | aplazar, retirarse, retirar, suspender una sesión, suspender |
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Nouns | adjournment | the act of postponing to another time or place |
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