What does adjourn mean?
Word: Adjourn
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Adjourn means to stop a meeting, trial or game for now and continue it later.
Synonyms: postpone, suspend, break off, defer
Antonyms: continue
How do you spell adjourn?
Syllables: ad - journ
Tricky part: The vowels are o-u, as in journal; students often write adjurn or adjorn.
Watch out for: adjurn, adjorn, adjoarn
Memory tip: Adjourn hides journ, the start of journal.
Adjourn in a sentence
Example 1: The judge adjourned the hearing until Monday.
Example 2: The parents' meeting was adjourned when the power went out.
Example 3: Let us adjourn for lunch and finish the planning afterwards.
Fun Fact
Adjourn comes from Old French ajorner, to fix a day, from jor, a day. Journal shares that root: it first meant a daily record.
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Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
adjourn
a) resume
b) halt
c) delay
d) pause
Show answer
a) resume. To resume is to start again after a break, the opposite of adjourning.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The umpires decided to ajourn the match when the floodlights failed, and the teams went back to the hotel.
a) ajourn
b) floodlights
c) umpires
d) hotel
Show answer
a) ajourn. A silent d comes before the j, as in adjust.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rnaujdo
a) adjoin
b) sojourn
c) adjourn
d) adorn
Show answer
c) adjourn. The u in the jumble rules out adjoin and adorn, and there is no s for sojourn.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) adjourn
b) patient
c) adjasent
d) servant
Show answer
c) adjasent. Adjacent has a c before the ent, not an s; the other three are spelt correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When a court adjourns, it ____.
a) closes down for good
b) takes a break until a later date
c) swears in a new judge
d) announces its final verdict
Show answer
b) takes a break until a later date
2. A meeting is adjourned until Friday. What happens on Friday?
a) the members vote to close it
b) a brand-new meeting is planned
c) it picks up where it left off
d) it is cancelled for good
Show answer
c) it picks up where it left off
