Pronounciation Nation

verb (used with object) to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: At this point in the trial, the judge adjourned the court session so the defense could access and review the test results. to defer or postpone to a later time: Too many board members would have been absent, so the chair adjourned the meeting to next Monday. to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body, or to a future time, specified or not specified: We will adjourn discussion of point 5.2 to our April meeting. verb (used without object) to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings. to go to another place: After dinner the ladies adjourned to the parlor.

adjective (of a club or committee meeting, legislative or court session, etc.) formally ended or closed: This July will see a reopening of the adjourned inquest, in light of subsequent collisions involving similar transport trucks. suspended or stopped for the time being, to be resumed at a future time or another place: In the case of an adjourned hearing, persons who were already heard do not need to be notified of the time of the hearing’s resumption. being the continuation of such a previously suspended meeting: According to the bylaws, the adjourned meeting must be held at least 10 days after the original meeting. postponed or held over to a future occasion, a future specified or unspecified time, etc.: He told an anecdote from the 15th Chess Olympiad, about an adjourned game between Fischer and Botvinnik. verb the simple past tense and past participle of adjourn.

noun Architecture, Civil Engineering. a masonry mass supporting and receiving the thrust of part of an arch or vault. a force that serves to abut an arch or vault. a mass, as of masonry, receiving the arch, beam, truss, etc., at each end of a bridge. a mass or structure for resisting the pressure of water on a bridge, pier, or the like. each of the parts of a canyon or the like receiving the thrusts of an arch dam. a structure for absorbing tensions from reinforcing strands for concrete being prestressed. the place where projecting parts meet; junction. Dentistry. a tooth or tooth root that supports or stabilizes a bridge, denture, or other prosthetic appliance.

noun abuttals, those parts of one piece of land that abut on adjacent lands; boundaries. Also buttals. Law. the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to adjacent lands. the act or state of abutting.

adjective buzzing. full of or alive with activity, talk, etc.: The company was abuzz with rumors about the new owner.

noun a person who absconds; absconder.

verb (used without object) to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money.

noun the act of cutting off; sudden termination. Botany. the normal separation of flowers, fruit, and leaves from plants.

noun a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.

noun, verb (used without object) rappel.

adjective not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class. lacking; nonexistent: Revenge is absent from his mind. not attentive; preoccupied; absent-minded: an absent look on his face. verb (used with object) to take or keep (oneself) away: to absent oneself from a meeting. preposition in the absence of; without: Absent some catastrophe, stock-market prices should soon improve.

adverb, adjective in a bristling state: an angry dog with its hairs abristle.

noun an act of adjudicating. Law. the act of a court in making an order, judgment, or decree. a judicial decision or sentence. a court decree in bankruptcy.

adjective settled, determined, or decreed judicially: The adjudicated amount must be paid by the stipulated due date. submitted to judicial process: Media coverage that might enhance the status of an adjudicated youth is discouraged. Most of the adjudicated lands showed no sign of anyone ever possessing or working them. (of a contest) judged by one or more experts: The choral group attends a retreat in the fall and participates in an adjudicated music festival in the spring. verb the simple past tense and past participle of adjudicate.

verb (used with object),ad·ju·di·cat·ed, ad·ju·di·cat·ing. to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence. to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially. to act as judge of (a contest). verb (used without object),ad·ju·di·cat·ed, ad·ju·di·cat·ing. to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon).

noun the act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned.

verb (used with object),ad·judged, ad·judg·ing. to declare or pronounce formally; decree: The will was adjudged void. to award or assign judicially: The prize was adjudged to him. to decide by a judicial opinion or sentence: to adjudge a case. to sentence or condemn: He was adjudged to die. to deem; consider; think: It was adjudged wise to avoid war.

verb (used with object),ab·ro·gat·ed, ab·ro·gat·ing. to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law. to put aside; put an end to.

noun the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing: abrogation of the treaty's responsibility.

adverb in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad. in or to another continent: Shall we go to Mexico or abroad this summer? out of doors; from one place to another; about: No one was abroad in the noonday heat. The owl ventures abroad at night. spread around; in circulation: Rumors of disaster are abroad. broadly; widely; far and wide. wide of the mark; in error. noun a foreign land or lands: imports from abroad.

adverb, adjective opened or tapped so that the contents can flow out; broached: The cask was set abroach. astir; in circulation.

adjective giving absolution.

verb (used with object),ab·so·lut·ized, ab·so·lut·iz·ing. to render absolute; consider or declare perfect, complete, or unchangeable: Overzealous followers absolutized his theories.

adjective noting or pertaining to the grammatical case or inflectional form of the subject of an intransitive verb and the direct object of a transitive verb in an ergative language such as Inuit. noun an absolutive form of a word in an ergative language. the absolutive case.