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adjudicate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb adjudicate has 2 senses
- adjudicate(v = verb.social) judge, try - put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" is one way to decide, determine, make up one's mind
- adjudicate(v = verb.cognition) decide, resolve, settle - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" is one way to end, terminate
Derived forms adjective adjudicative1, noun adjudicator1, adjective adjudicatory1, noun judge1
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms adjective adjudicative1, adjective adjudicatory1, noun judge1
Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
adjudicate, v. t. [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge.].
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. [1913 Webster]
adjudicate, v. i.
To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adjudicate, v.
1 intr. act as judge in a competition, court, tribunal, etc.
2 tr. a decide judicially regarding (a claim etc.). b (foll. by to be + compl.) pronounce (was adjudicated to be bankrupt).
1 intr. act as judge in a competition, court, tribunal, etc.
2 tr. a decide judicially regarding (a claim etc.). b (foll. by to be + compl.) pronounce (was adjudicated to be bankrupt).
Derivative
adjudication n. adjudicative adj. adjudicator n.
Etymology
L adjudicare (as AD-, judicare f. judex -icis judge)
THESAURUS
adjudicate
account, adjudge, allow, arbitrate, be judicious, consider, count, deem, esteem, exercise judgment, express an opinion, form an opinion, hold, judge, pine, presume, referee, regard, suppose, think of, uniqueROGET THESAURUS
adjudicate
Lawsuit
VB go to law, appeal to the law, bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar, put on trial, pull up, accuse, prefer a claim, file a claim, take the law of, inform against, serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit, arrest, summon, summons, give in charge, empanel a jury, implead, join issue, close the pleadings, set down for hearing, try, hear a cause, sit in judgment, adjudicate.Judgment
VB judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.
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