Adjourn vs Prolong - What's the difference?
adjourn | prolong | Related terms |
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.
(label) To extend in space or length.
(label) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (label) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
Adjourn is a related term of prolong.
As verbs the difference between adjourn and prolong
is that adjourn is to postpone while prolong is (label) to extend in space or length.adjourn
English
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.
See also
* adjournmentprolong
English
Verb
(en verb)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged . In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}