adjudicate

[ uh-joo-di-keyt ]
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verb (used with object),ad·ju·di·cat·ed, ad·ju·di·cat·ing.
  1. to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.

  2. to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.

  1. to act as judge of (a contest).

verb (used without object),ad·ju·di·cat·ed, ad·ju·di·cat·ing.
  1. to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon).

Origin of adjudicate

1
First recorded in 1690–1700; from Latin adjūdicātus (past participle of adjūdicāre ); see ad-, judge, -ate1

Other words from adjudicate

  • ad·ju·di·ca·tive [uh-joo-di-key-tiv, ‐kuh-tiv], /əˈdʒu dɪˌkeɪ tɪv, ‐kə tɪv/, ad·ju·di·ca·to·ry [uh-joo-di-kuh-tawr-ee], /əˈdʒu dɪ kəˌtɔr i/, adjective
  • ad·ju·di·ca·tor, noun
  • non·ad·ju·di·ca·tive, adjective
  • non·ad·ju·di·ca·tive·ly, adverb
  • re·ad·ju·di·cate, verb, re·ad·ju·di·cat·ed, re·ad·ju·di·cat·ing.

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How to use adjudicate in a sentence

  • No new testimony bearing on the case may be introduced after the case has been closed by the adjudicators.

    All About Coffee | William H. Ukers
  • The fund was established in 1863, and the original adjudicators in the music section were Hanslick, Herbeck, and Essen.

  • And in these local matters these patrolmen became recognized as fair and impartial adjudicators whose word was law.

    Policing the Plains | R.G. MacBeth

British Dictionary definitions for adjudicate

adjudicate

/ (əˈdʒuːdɪˌkeɪt) /


verb
  1. (when intr, usually foll by upon) to give a decision (on), esp a formal or binding one

  2. (intr) to act as an adjudicator

  1. (tr) chess to determine the likely result of (a game) by counting relative value of pieces, positional strength, etc

  2. (intr) to serve as a judge or arbiter, as in a competition

Origin of adjudicate

1
C18: from Latin adjūdicāre to award something to someone, from ad- to + jūdicāre to act as a judge, from jūdex judge

Derived forms of adjudicate

  • adjudication, noun
  • adjudicative (əˈdʒuːdɪkətɪv), adjective

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