Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To postpone: To decide that something will happen at a later time than originally planned.
   • To adjourn: To temporarily stop a meeting, trial, or other formal proceeding with the intention of resuming it later.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hội đồng quyết định đình hoãn phiên họp đến tuần sau. (The council decided to adjourn the meeting until next week.)
  • Phiên tòa bị đình hoãn vì vắng mặt nhân chứng quan trọng. (The trial was postponed due to the absence of a key witness.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is marked as archaic () in modern Vietnamese. In contemporary legal or formal contexts, words like hoãn (to postpone) or tạm hoãn (to suspend temporarily) are more commonly used.
• It often implies an official or formal suspension of proceedings.

Variants and Related Words

• Hoãn (v): To delay, to postpone.
  • Họ hoãn chuyến đi vì thời tiết xấu. (They postponed the trip due to bad weather.)
• Tạm hoãn (v): To temporarily suspend or postpone.
  • Việc thi công đã bị tạm hoãn. (The construction has been temporarily suspended.)

Synonyms

• Postpone: To cause something to occur at a later time.
• Adjourn: To suspend a meeting or session until a later time.
• Suspend: To temporarily stop or delay.

Related Terms (Legal/Formal Context)

• Lệnh đình hoãn (n): A moratorium; an official order to legally suspend an activity, such as debt payments.
  • Tòa án ra lệnh đình hoãn việc phá sản. (The court issued a moratorium on bankruptcy proceedings.)

1. (từ cũ) Potspone, put off adjourn