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ADJOURN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Close at the end of a session

Example:

The court adjourned

Synonyms:

adjourn; break up; recess

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "adjourn" is one way to...):

cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

adjournment (the termination of a meeting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Break from a meeting or gathering

Example:

The men retired to the library

Synonyms:

adjourn; retire; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "adjourn" is one way to...):

close; close down; close up; fold; shut down (cease to operate or cause to cease operating)

"Adjourn" entails doing...:

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Verb group:

seclude; sequester; sequestrate; withdraw (keep away from others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adjourn"):

prorogue (adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

adjournment (the act of postponing to another time or place)

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