adjourned

[uh-jurnd] / əˈdʒɜrnd /

ADJECTIVE

deferred

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delayed negotiated postponed

STRONG

assessed charged pigeonholed prolonged protracted remanded renegotiated scrubbed stalled temporized

WEAK

held up in waiting indebted on hold on the shelf staved off

Antonyms

WEAK

advanced forwarded furthered hastened hurried

ADJECTIVE

postponed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delayed suspended

STRONG

intermitted prorogued scrubbed shelved tabled withheld

WEAK

on hold put off

Example Sentences

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The short hearing was adjourned at Cambridge Crown Court and proceedings are due to resume on 28 January.

From BBC

Someone called out as the meeting adjourned, “You guys suck!”

From Los Angeles Times

The trial was adjourned last Friday after Zverev's lawyers made an application for the complainant's evidence to be heard in private.

From BBC

Mr Smith described the investigation as "thorough and sensitive" and adjourned the hearing until 10 December.

From BBC

The court adjourned the case until 27 June.

From BBC