adjourn
Break until later
To adjourn is to suspend a meeting or session with the intention of resuming later: The court adjourned until Monday.
Legislative bodies adjourn for recesses; trials adjourn for lunch.
When a gathering adjourns without setting a new time, it adjourns sine die (without day).
Informally, to adjourn somewhere is to move there as a group: Shall we adjourn to the bar?
Pause in activity
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- motionChange in position
gavel · floor · chamber · debate · vote · prorogue · reconvene · speaker
Enforced waiting period
- deferDelay or submit
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- shelveSuspend or store
reschedule · continue · extend · stay · remand · pending · indefinitely · until
Pause in activity
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
trial · judge · gavel · docket · ruling · counsel · motion · sidebar
Meet again after adjournment
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- agendaFormal discussion list
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
chairperson · motion · table · deliberation · conference · summit · forum · panel
recess
Pause in activity
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
motion · gavel · floor · chamber · debate · vote · prorogue · reconvene · speaker · committee
delay
Enforced waiting period
shelve · reschedule · continue · extend · stay · remand · pending · indefinitely · until · resumption
recess
Pause in activity
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
proceedings · trial · judge · gavel · docket · ruling · counsel · motion · sidebar · chambers
reconvene
Meet again after adjournment
quorum · chairperson · motion · table · deliberation · conference · summit · forum · panel · committee
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- meeting termsmeeting, agenda, minutes, RSVP, attendee
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- board meetingsagenda, minutes, chairman, chairperson, chair
- parliamentparliament, bills, votes, vote, debate
- meeting actionsmeet, encounter, greet, approach, run into
adjournconvene
Formally gather together
open · convoke · call to order · assemble · inaugurate