verdagen — meaning in English

English meaning

• adjourn verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
• delay noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
• prorogue verb To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.

Senses

verdagen is used for these senses in English:

• delay To put off until a later time; to defer.
• prorogue (transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th c.]

adjourn — full definition

1. verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
2. verb To move as a group to another place, especially informally.

delay — full definition

1. noun A period of waiting before something happens; a hold-up.
2. verb To put something off until later, or to make it happen later than planned.

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