How to Pronounce "Adjourned"

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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.

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