adjourn

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ad·journ [adjourn adjourns adjourned adjourning] BrE [əˈdʒɜːn] NAmE [əˈdʒɜːrn] verb intransitive, transitive, often passive (formal)
to stop a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, for a period of time
•The court adjourned for lunch.
•~ sth The trial has been adjourned until next week.
•The chairman may adjourn the meeting at any time.
Derived Word: ↑adjournment
Derived: ↑adjourn to …
Verb forms:

Word 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’.

Example Bank:
•Magistrates adjourned the hearing until May 14.
•Mr Justice Latham adjourned sentence until Friday week.
•Shall we adjourn to your office?
•The case was adjourned for a week.
•The court will normally adjourn to allow the collection of further evidence.
•The inquest was adjourned pending further investigations.
•The trial was adjourned indefinitely.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  withdraw, retire, recess, break up