adjourns
Calls a break
Adjourns is the third-person singular of adjourn, meaning to suspend a meeting or session with the intention of resuming later: The court adjourns until Monday.
A group that adjourns moves collectively to another place: After dinner, the party adjourns to the library.
To adjourn indefinitely or sine die is to suspend without setting a date to reconvene.
Delay or submit
- delayEnforced waiting period
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- shelveSuspend or store
- continueGo on without stopping
reschedule · put off · hold over · carry over · remand · prorogue · suspend · extend
Pause in activity
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- trialJudicial examination of claims
gavel · judge · bailiff · docket · ruling · motion · chambers · bench
Pause in activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- hiatusBreak in activity
- intervalDuration between two points
respite · breather · halt · cessation · interruption · suspension · stoppage · time-out
defer
Delay or submit
continue · reschedule · put off · hold over · carry over · remand · prorogue · suspend · extend · protract
recess
Pause in activity
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
trial · gavel · judge · bailiff · docket · ruling · motion · chambers · bench · sidebar
recess
Pause in activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- hiatusBreak in activity
interval · respite · breather · halt · cessation · interruption · suspension · stoppage · time-out · lull
adjournsconvenes
Formally gathers a group
convokes · assembles · opens · calls to order · begins
adjournscontinues
Proceeds without stopping
proceeds · carries on · resumes · persists · presses on