adjourn

adjourn
1. transitive verb
(break off) unterbrechen; (put off) aufschieben
2. intransitive verb
(suspend proceedings) sich vertagen

adjourn for lunch/for half an hour — eine Mittagspause/eine halbstündige Pause einlegen

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[ə'‹ə:n]
verb
(to stop (a meeting etc), intending to continue it at another time or place: We shall adjourn (the meeting) until Wednesday.) vertagen
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ad·journ
[əˈʤɜ:n, AM -ɜ:rn]
I. vt usu passive
▪ to \adjourn sth (interrupt) etw unterbrechen; (suspend) etw verschieben [o geh vertagen]; LAW etw vertagen
to \adjourn the court die [Gerichts]verhandlung vertagen
to \adjourn a trial einen Prozess aussetzen
II. vi
1. (stop temporarily) eine Pause einlegen [o machen], unterbrechen; (end) aufhören
shall we \adjourn for lunch? sollen wir eine Mittagspause einlegen?
2. (form or dated: move to)
to \adjourn to the living [or sitting] room sich akk ins Wohnzimmer begeben
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[ə'dZɜːn]
1. vt
1) (to another day) vertagen (until auf +acc)

he adjourned the meeting for three hours — er unterbrach die Konferenz für drei Stunden

2) (US: end) beenden
2. vi
1) (to another day) sich vertagen (until auf +acc)

to adjourn for lunch/one hour — zur Mittagspause/für eine Stunde unterbrechen

2)

(= go to another place) to adjourn to the living room — sich ins Wohnzimmer begeben

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adjourn [əˈdʒɜːn; US əˈdʒɜrn]
A v/t
1. a) verschieben, vertagen (till, until auf akk; for um):
adjourn sine die JUR auf unbestimmte Zeit vertagen;
adjourned game (Schach) Hängepartie f
b) den Sitzungsort verlegen (to nach)
2. US eine Sitzung etc schließen, aufheben
B v/i
1. a) sich vertagen (till, until auf akk; for um)
b) den Sitzungsort verlegen (to nach)
2. oft hum sich begeben, übersiedeln (to in akk)
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1. transitive verb
(break off) unterbrechen; (put off) aufschieben
2. intransitive verb
(suspend proceedings) sich vertagen

adjourn for lunch/for half an hour — eine Mittagspause/eine halbstündige Pause einlegen

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v.
aufschieben v.
vertagen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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