Adjourned

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Temporarily ended a meeting or session with plans to resume later ; delayed an event or action to a future time
2. Brought a gathering to a close until it continues again ; set a new later time for a planned activity
3. Stopped proceedings for a period before restarting ; arranged for something to happen after a postponement

Etymology: "Adjourn" comes from Old French "ajorner," built from "a-" (to) and "jorn," meaning day. That day-word descends from Latin "diurnum," "of the day." The Latin "adiurnare" meant to put something off to a named future day, so a court that adjourned was literally deferring its business to another day. The same root sits behind other familiar words. "Journal" once meant a daily record, and "journey" originally meant a day's travel. The original idea of a day-sized interval survives in the sense of a pause that ends when proceedings resume.

Synonyms: suspended, paused, deferred, postponed

Antonyms: continued, proceeded, advanced