The Latin prefix ad- means "toward," and the root jour comes from the French, meaning "day." The Latin suffix -ment turns a word into a noun, and has to do with an action or a process. Based on this knowledge of roots and affixes, write your definition of adjournment as it is used in the text, and tell how you got it. Use a dictionary to check its precise meaning.

Adjournment - discontinue or suspend

Explanation:

The word 'adjournment' means suspending the meeting or court sitting for the day and to resume some other time. It is precisely used to denote that the meeting is discontinued for the for and will take place at some other time.

The word 'adjournment' has three syllable. 'Ad' which is the prefix, meaning "towards". The there is the second syllable 'jour' meaning "day". And the third part is the suffix, 'ment', which turn the word into a noun.

Thus, 'ad-journ-ment' means to suspend the meeting for the day.