adjudicate
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.
to act as judge of (a contest).
to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon).
Origin of adjudicate
1Other 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
I don't think that the adjudicative proceeding had been completed.
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British Dictionary definitions for adjudicate
/ (əˈdʒuːdɪˌkeɪt) /
(when intr, usually foll by upon) to give a decision (on), esp a formal or binding one
(intr) to act as an adjudicator
(tr) chess to determine the likely result of (a game) by counting relative value of pieces, positional strength, etc
(intr) to serve as a judge or arbiter, as in a competition
Origin of adjudicate
1Derived forms of adjudicate
- adjudication, noun
- adjudicative (əˈdʒuːdɪkətɪv), adjective
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