Adjourn vs Holdover - What's the difference?
adjourn | holdover |
To postpone.
To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
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To end or suspend an event.
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.''
:That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.
The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
:This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.
As a verb adjourn
is to postpone.As a noun holdover is
something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time''.adjourn
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Verb
(en verb)- The trial was adjourned for a week.
- It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
- The court will adjourn for lunch.
- After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.