adjournment-n; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: the termination, ending of a meeting

Commentary: ADJOURNMENT[+event][+social][+termination][+of_meeting]
NOTE: implies the termination of a current meeting, it is completed.

Examples:
John's motion for the adjournment of the meeting was seconded by Sally.
The bill passed before the adjournment of Congress for the summer.

Mappings:
PropBank: adjournment.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: the postponement of an activity

Commentary: ADJOURNMENT[+event][+social][+postponement][+of_activity]
NOTE: implies a delay, that an activity may resume in the future

Examples:
The judge has declared an adjournment of the trial until October.
The whole department was frustrated upon hearing of the adjournment of the new project until funding came through.

Mappings:
PropBank: adjournment.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM