SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: PROROGUE
PRONUNCIATION:
(pro-ROHG)
MEANING: (verb tr.)
1. To discontinue a session of something, for example, a parliament.
2. To defer or to postpone.
1. To discontinue a session of something, for example, a parliament.
2. To defer or to postpone.
ETYMOLOGY: From French proroger (to adjourn), from Latin prorogare (to
prolong or defer), from pro- (before) + rogare (to ask). Ultimately from the
Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule), which is
also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and
surge. Earliest documented use: 1419.
USAGE:
"This sitting
will be the last one before Parliament is prorogued."
Lee U-Wen; Cost of Catching Sports on TV a Hot House Topic; The Business Times (Singapore); Apr 12, 2014.
Lee U-Wen; Cost of Catching Sports on TV a Hot House Topic; The Business Times (Singapore); Apr 12, 2014.
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