🔤 Adjournment Motion ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
adjournment motion, tehreek-e-iltiwa
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ENGLISH
📚noun phrase
adjournment motion
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /əˈdʒɜːrnmənt ˈmoʊʃən/
Phonetic: /uh jurn munt moh shun/
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DEFINITION
a formal motion introduced in a legislative assembly to set aside scheduled business to discuss an urgent matter of public importance
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The opposition presented an adjournment motion to discuss recent economic policy changes.
The parliamentary speaker admitted the adjournment motion after verifying its urgency.
Debate on the adjournment motion drew intense participation from both sides of the house.
Government ministers responded to concerns raised during the adjournment motion session.
The assembly suspended routine tasks after voting to accept the adjournment motion.
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SYNONYMS
urgency motion emergency debate motion motion to suspend regular order
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ANTONYMS
routine proceedings standard order of business
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