<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.</li><li>to go to another place: After dinner the ladies adjourned to the parlor.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person or thing that interrupts.</li><li>a device for interrupting or periodically opening and closing a circuit, as in a doorbell.</li></ul>