ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADJOURN
From Old French ajourner to defer to an arranged day, from a- to + jour day, from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus daily, from diēs day.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ADJOURN
PRESENT
Present
I adjourn
you adjourn
he/she/it adjourns
we adjourn
you adjourn
they adjourn
Present continuous
I am adjourning
you are adjourning
he/she/it is adjourning
we are adjourning
you are adjourning
they are adjourning
Present perfect
I have adjourned
you have adjourned
he/she/it has adjourned
we have adjourned
you have adjourned
they have adjourned
Present perfect continuous
I have been adjourning
you have been adjourning
he/she/it has been adjourning
we have been adjourning
you have been adjourning
they have been adjourning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I adjourned
you adjourned
he/she/it adjourned
we adjourned
you adjourned
they adjourned
Past continuous
I was adjourning
you were adjourning
he/she/it was adjourning
we were adjourning
you were adjourning
they were adjourning
Past perfect
I had adjourned
you had adjourned
he/she/it had adjourned
we had adjourned
you had adjourned
they had adjourned
Past perfect continuous
I had been adjourning
you had been adjourning
he/she/it had been adjourning
we had been adjourning
you had been adjourning
they had been adjourning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will adjourn
you will adjourn
he/she/it will adjourn
we will adjourn
you will adjourn
they will adjourn
Future continuous
I will be adjourning
you will be adjourning
he/she/it will be adjourning
we will be adjourning
you will be adjourning
they will be adjourning
Future perfect
I will have adjourned
you will have adjourned
he/she/it will have adjourned
we will have adjourned
you will have adjourned
they will have adjourned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been adjourning
you will have been adjourning
he/she/it will have been adjourning
we will have been adjourning
you will have been adjourning
they will have been adjourning
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would adjourn
you would adjourn
he/she/it would adjourn
we would adjourn
you would adjourn
they would adjourn
Conditional continuous
I would be adjourning
you would be adjourning
he/she/it would be adjourning
we would be adjourning
you would be adjourning
they would be adjourning
Conditional perfect
I would have adjourn
you would have adjourn
he/she/it would have adjourn
we would have adjourn
you would have adjourn
they would have adjourn
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been adjourning
you would have been adjourning
he/she/it would have been adjourning
we would have been adjourning
you would have been adjourning
they would have been adjourning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you adjourn
we let´s adjourn
you adjourn
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
adjourned
Present Participle
adjourning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADJOURN»
Discover the use of
adjourn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
adjourn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... UNDER SPECIAL Senator Farrow, with unanimous consent, asked that all
action be immediately messaged to the Assembly. Senator Buettner, with
unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of
North ...
Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate,
1995
Representative Schultz asked unanimous consent that the assembly adjourn in
honor of the second annual festival in Sauk City honoring August Derleth.
Granted. Representative Brist asked unanimous consent to be made a co-author
of ...
Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly,
1983
3
Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of ...
432 Questions of privilege have precedence of all other questions except
motions to adjourn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . 653 To adjourn, admitted
after yeas and nays are ordered . . . . _ . 80 Secondary— To lay on the table.
United States. Congress. House,
1916
4
Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's Manual, the ...
ADJOURN, MOTION '1'O—Continued. (c) intervening business to justify a
repetition of. There must be intervening business before a motion to adjourn may
be repeated. (1496) 1-31, Journal, p. 1092. A motion to adjourn may be repeated
...
United States. Congress. House,
1908
5
Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's Manual: The ...
ADJOURN, MOTION TO— Continued. Precedence of — Continued. No question
being under debate, a motion to fix the day to which the House should adjourn
already made was held not to give way to a motion to adjourn. (1512) 2-55 ...
6
History of the United States of America
business, 177 ; report of committee on foreign relations, 177, 78 ; other acts, 178 ;
adjourn, 178. Congress, thirteenth, meet in May, 1818, iii. 199 ; measures
recommended by the president, 200 ; action on nominations, 201 ; financial
measures ...
7
United States Congressional serial set
ADJOURN, MOTION TO— Continued. Nature and effect of — Continued. The
Committee of the Whole having risen for want of a quorum, and the roll having
shown a quorum, a motion to adjourn was entertained and negatived; and
although ...
8
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
902 Moved, "That this House, at its risinsr. do adjourn (ill Monday the 6th day of
June next" (Mr. W. B. Smith) May 24, [315] 1031 ; Question put, and agreed to
Moved, " That this House do now adjourn ' 3\i[Mar 18, 802 ; Question put, and ...
Great Britain. Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard,
1887
9
Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of ...
ADJOURN, MOTION TO— Continued. Precedence of — Continued. Any Member
of the majority may make the motion to reconsider, which takes precedence of all
questions except conference reports and motions to adjourn. (1190) Rule XVIII ...
United States. Congress. House,
1900
10
Congressional Serial Set
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADJOURN»
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adjourn is used in the context of the following news items.
Long session in Olympia hurts some state lawmakers' campaigns
... one, and a signal to adjourn — lawmakers remained at work deciding whether to delay Initiative 1351, last fall's unfunded class-size initiative. «The Olympian, Jul 15»
Elderly man accused of killing two women in 1991 too ill to appear in …
Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg agreed to adjourn the case to July 20 when a committal hearing date was expected to be set down. «The Age, Jul 15»
Horror as drunk hurls beer bottle through moving car windshield
She urged the court to adjourn the case for pre-sentence reports to be prepared on her client. The court concurred and presiding magistrate ... «Newbury Weekly News Group, Jul 15»
LHC stats: decided cases outnumber the instituted
... 2007 were declared as “oldest cases” and their cause lists had been printing on red-paper so the judges would not adjourn such cases. «DAWN.com, Jul 15»
Hoofbeats 4-H Club
Grace Monachino made a motion to adjourn the meeting and the motion was seconded by Brianna Rhoden. Discuss; Print; ShareShare. «The Bryan Times, Jul 15»
Saturday night it was all smiles and American flags for these young …
... a.m. at the Oscar Yrun Community Center on Tacoma Street in Sierra Vista and will adjourn at 11:15 a.m. Discussions will include information ... «Sierra Vista Herald, Jul 15»
MACS bar licensing review: Police and public health officials deliver …
... the Town Hall on Monday, but are widely expected to appoint a chairman and adjourn for a full hearing to take place on Thursday 16 July. «Blog Preston, Jul 15»
A look at the past week in the Oregon Legislature
Oregon lawmakers had a busy week, advancing dozens of bills and finalizing the budget as they prepare to adjourn the 2015 session in the ... «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Jul 15»
Construction plan pays for school earthquake improvements
The House and Senate spent Friday debating several dozen bills as they push to adjourn next week. The House joined the Senate in ... «KATU, Jul 15»
Some hits, lots of misses as Maine's legislative session winds to a …
Lawmakers, who were supposed to adjourn June 17, will return around July 15 to vote on the governor's vetoes. It seems unlikely that the ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»