ADJOURNMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjournment mean? 

• ADJOURNMENT (noun)
  The noun ADJOURNMENT has 2 senses:

1. the termination of a meeting

2. the act of postponing to another time or place

  Familiarity information: ADJOURNMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADJOURNMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The termination of a meeting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

adjournment; dissolution

Hypernyms ("adjournment" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Derivation:

adjourn (close at the end of a session)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of postponing to another time or place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("adjournment" is a kind of...):

deferment; deferral; postponement (act of putting off to a future time)

Derivation:

adjourn (break from a meeting or gathering)

 Context examples 

"I suppose it would be profanation to eat anything in this spick-and-span bower, so as I'm tremendously hungry, I propose an adjournment," he added presently.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)