Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: adjournment
IPA transcription: [ədʒ'ɝnmənt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: adjournment, dissolution
    Meaning: the termination of a meeting
Usage examples
  • The Whigs, who were defending the banks, wished to prevent the adjournment of the special session until the regular session should begin, during the course of which they expected to renew the lease of life now held under sufferance by the banks--in which, it may be here said, they were finally successful.