Adjournment - English meaning

noun

The action or fact of putting something off to a later time; postponement.

Usage examples:

Deferment of the decision

noun

(a) temporary delay in taking someone into the military forces

Usage examples:

[ c ] they got draft deferments as graduate students.

noun

The act of delaying something until a later time, or an occasion when something is delayed until a later time

Usage examples:

He did not seek deferment from military service., i was granted a deferment on my education loans.

noun

A postponement of an action or event.

Usage examples:

They agreed to a deferral of industrial action

noun

→  deferment

verb

Make (someone or something) late or slow.

Usage examples:

The train was delayed

noun

A period of time by which something is late or postponed.

Usage examples:

A two-hour delay

verb

To make something happen at a later time than originally planned or expected

Usage examples:

My plane was delayed by an hour., heavy snow delayed the start of the game., [ + -ing verb ] i thin…

noun

The action of ceasing to do or provide something, especially something that has been provided on a regular basis.

Usage examples:

The discontinuation of the product was a surprise to many

noun

The act of stopping doing or providing something

Usage examples:

He favoured the discontinuation of laboratory studies of dolphins., with success in eradicating sma…

noun

The action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body.

Usage examples:

The dissolution of their marriage

noun

The ending of esp. an official organization or a legal arrangement

Usage examples:

The dissolution of the spanish empire

noun

The act or process of ending an official organization or legal agreement

Usage examples:

After the dissolution of communist rule in 1989, things began to open up., the party says it will c…

verb

(with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.

Usage examples:

Glucose dissolves easily in water

noun

An act or instance of moving gradually from one image or scene in a film to another.

Usage examples:

The alternatives to a cut are fades or dissolves

verb

Present participle of dissolve

Usage examples:

Dissolve two spoons of powder in warm water., nitric acid will dissolve most animal tissue., parlia…

noun

The action of interrupting or being interrupted.

Usage examples:

A chance to study without interruption

noun

An occasion when someone or something stops something from happening for a short period

Usage examples:

Constant/frequent interruptions he found he worked better at home without the constant interruption…

verb

Assign to a particular category, typically an overly restrictive one.

Usage examples:

I was pigeonholed as a ‘youth writer’

noun

A small recess for a domestic pigeon to nest in.

Usage examples:

It's fortunate that they set up those pigeonholes because some of the pigeons have come home to roo…

noun

Each of a set of small open-fronted compartments in a workplace or other organization where letters or messages may be left for individuals.

Usage examples:

Every morning i'd check my pigeonhole in case the letter had finally arrived telling me that a dist…

noun

The action of postponing something; deferral.

Usage examples:

After repeated postponements, the new museum is officially open

noun

The action of discontinuing a session of a parliament or other legislative assembly without dissolving it.

Usage examples:

Politically motivated prorogations

verb

Change the time of (a planned event).

Usage examples:

The concert has been rescheduled for september

noun

The changing of the time at which something will happen

Usage examples:

The rescheduling of flights, in the eighties it was easy to get bankers to agree a rescheduling pac…

noun

Shelves collectively.

Usage examples:

A lack of shelving and cupboards

verb

Place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf.

Usage examples:

We had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day

verb

(of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction.

Usage examples:

The ground shelved gently down to the water

verb

Remain in the same place.

Usage examples:

You stay here and i'll be back soon

noun

A period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.

Usage examples:

An overnight stay at a luxury hotel

verb

Secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays.

Usage examples:

We stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard

noun

The action of suspending someone or something or the condition of being suspended.

Usage examples:

The suspension of military action

noun

The act of hanging something from above so it moves freely

noun

The action of terminating something or the fact of being terminated.

Usage examples:

The termination of a contract

noun

The act of ending something, or the end of something

Usage examples:

Executive directors are entitled to 12 months' notice of termination of their contracts., all benef…