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adjourn
Overview of verb adjourn
The verb adjourn has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) adjourn, recess, break up -- (close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned")
2. adjourn, withdraw, retire -- (break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library")
Grep of noun adjourn
adjournment
Antonyms of verb adjourn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb adjourn
2 senses of adjourn
Sense 1
adjourn, recess, break up
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sense 2
adjourn, withdraw, retire
=> close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb adjourn
1 of 2 senses of adjourn
Sense 2
adjourn, withdraw, retire
=> prorogue
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb adjourn
2 senses of adjourn
Sense 1
adjourn, recess, break up
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sense 2
adjourn, withdraw, retire
=> close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
'Cause To' of verb adjourn
Derived Forms of verb adjourn
2 senses of adjourn
Sense 1
adjourn, recess, break up
RELATED TO>(noun) adjournment#1
=> adjournment, dissolution
Sense 2
adjourn, withdraw, retire
RELATED TO>(noun) adjournment#2
=> adjournment
Domain of verb adjourn
Domain Terms of verb adjourn
Familiarity of verb adjourn
adjourn used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb adjourn
2 senses of adjourn
Sense 1
adjourn, recess, break up
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
adjourn, withdraw, retire
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb adjourn
2 senses of adjourn
Sense 1
adjourn, recess, break up
> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
=> pass away
=> lapse
=> cut out
=> go out
=> adjourn, recess, break up
=> vanish, disappear
=> culminate, climax
=> run out
=> run low, run short, go
=> vanish, disappear, go away
=> conclude, close
=> turn out, come out
=> discontinue
=> break
Sense 2
adjourn, withdraw, retire
> close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
=> adjourn, withdraw, retire
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb adjourn
Sense 1
adjourn, recess, break up
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
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Sense 2
adjourn, withdraw, retire
=> close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
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Grep of verb adjourn
adjourn
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