adjourns (verb)
1adjourn — verb 1 (I, T) if a meeting or law court adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it finishes or stops for a short time: The chairman has the power to adjourn the meeting at any time. (+ for/until): The trial was adjourned for two weeks.… …
2adjourn — ad‧journ [əˈdʒɜːn ǁ ɜːrn] verb [intransitive, transitive] if a meeting or law court adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it finishes or stops, either for a short time, or until the next time it meets: • The chairman has the power to… …
3adjournment — adjourn ad‧journ [əˈdʒɜːn ǁ ɜːrn] verb [intransitive, transitive] if a meeting or law court adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it finishes or stops, either for a short time, or until the next time it meets: • The chairman has the… …
4adjourn to — ad ˈjourn to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they adjourn to he/she/it adjourns to something present participle adjourning to something past tense adjourned to something …
5filibuster — [[t]fɪ̱lɪbʌstə(r)[/t]] filibusters, filibustering, filibustered 1) N COUNT A filibuster is a long slow speech made to use up time so that a vote cannot be taken and a law cannot be passed. [mainly AM] Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster… …
6adjourn — UK [əˈdʒɜː(r)n] / US [əˈdʒɜrn] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms adjourn : present tense I/you/we/they adjourn he/she/it adjourns present participle adjourning past tense adjourned past participle adjourned to temporarily end something… …
7adjourn to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms adjourn to : present tense I/you/we/they adjourn to he/she/it adjourns to something present participle adjourning to something past tense adjourned to something past participle adjourned to something formal… …
8pock|et-ve|to — pocket veto, 1. a method of vetoing a bill that can be used by the President of the United States on a bill presented to him within ten days of the end of a session of Congress. If the President does not sign the bill before Congress adjourns, it …
