"adjudicate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈd͡ʒudɪˌkeɪt/ Audio: en-au-adjudicate.ogg Forms: adjudicates [present, singular, third-person], adjudicating [participle, present], adjudicated [participle, past], adjudicated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”). Doublet of adjudge. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|adiudico|adiūdicō, adiūdicātus}} Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, {{doublet|en|adjudge}} Doublet of adjudge Head templates: {{en-verb}} adjudicate (third-person singular simple present adjudicates, present participle adjudicating, simple past and past participle adjudicated)
  1. (transitive) to decide, rule on, or settle as a judge. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (to settle a legal case or other dispute): դատել (datel) (Armenian), վճռել (včṙel) (Armenian), отсъждам (otsǎždam) (Bulgarian), adjudicar (Catalan), jutjar (Catalan), 裁決 (Chinese Mandarin), 裁决 (cáijué) (Chinese Mandarin), rozsoudit (Czech), berechten (Dutch), ratkaista (Finnish), tuomita (Finnish), juger (French), trancher (French), urteilen (German), entscheiden (German), richten (German), ítéletet hoz (Hungarian), határozatot hoz (Hungarian), mengadili (Indonesian), menghakimi (Malay), bedømme (Norwegian), dømme (Norwegian), pådømme (Norwegian), суди́ть (sudítʹ) (Russian), выноси́ть реше́ние (vynosítʹ rešénije) (Russian), adjudicar (Spanish), juzgar (Spanish), döma (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-adjudicate-en-verb-9h4G1e7P Disambiguation of Law: 65 22 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 3 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 82 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of 'to settle a legal case or other dispute': 100 0 0
  2. (intransitive, often followed by on) to act as a judge. Tags: intransitive, often Translations (to act as a judge): դատավարել (datavarel) (Armenian), присъждам (prisǎždam) (Bulgarian), решавам дело (rešavam delo) (Bulgarian), jutjar (Catalan), 判決 (Chinese Mandarin), 判决 (pànjué) (Chinese Mandarin), tuomita (Finnish), richten (German), dømme (Norwegian), juzgar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adjudicate-en-verb-3i6l1VBS Disambiguation of 'to act as a judge': 9 91 0
  3. (Scots law, transitive, as of a debtor's estate) to seize or convey as security. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-adjudicate-en-verb-hwn42Mua
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arbitrate, decide, settle, resolve, try Derived forms: adjudication, adjudicative, adjudicator, adjudicatory, readjudicate, unadjudicated Related terms: abjudicate, adjudge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2024 April 7, PTI, “Tribunals formed to adjudicate if sufficient grounds available to declare J-K groups as banned”, in deccanherald.com:",
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      "expansion": "Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjudge"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of adjudge",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”). Doublet of adjudge.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adjudicates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adjudicating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adjudicated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adjudicated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "adjudicate (third-person singular simple present adjudicates, present participle adjudicating, simple past and past participle adjudicated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "abjudicate"
    },
    {
      "word": "adjudge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 29, Josh Pringle, “Ottawa looks to move photo radar and red light camera tickets out of provincial courts”, in ottawa.ctvnews.ca:",
          "text": "with municipally appointed screening and hearing officers adjudicating ticket disputes instead of the provincial court system.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 7, PTI, “Tribunals formed to adjudicate if sufficient grounds available to declare J-K groups as banned”, in deccanherald.com:",
          "text": "The Union Home Ministry has constituted four tribunals […] to adjudicate whether or not there are sufficient grounds for declaring several Jammu and Kashmir-based groups as banned organisations […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to decide, rule on, or settle as a judge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "rule on",
          "rule on"
        ],
        [
          "settle",
          "settle"
        ],
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to decide, rule on, or settle as a judge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 7, Anirban Bhaumik, “Court of Arbitration concludes it can adjudicate on Pakistan’s objection to India’s hydel projects, New Delhi rejects ruling”, in deccanherald.com:",
          "text": "A Court of Arbitration, constituted by the World Bank in The Hague, has brushed aside New Delhi’s objections and concluded that it has the competence to adjudicate on Pakistan’s objection to the Kishenganga and Ralte hydroelectric projects of India.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act as a judge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often followed by on) to act as a judge."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by on"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Scots law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seize or convey as security."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Scots law",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scots law, transitive, as of a debtor's estate) to seize or convey as security."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as of a debtor's estate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈd͡ʒudɪˌkeɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-adjudicate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/En-au-adjudicate.ogg/En-au-adjudicate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/En-au-adjudicate.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "arbitrate"
    },
    {
      "word": "decide"
    },
    {
      "word": "settle"
    },
    {
      "word": "resolve"
    },
    {
      "word": "try"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "datel",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "դատել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "včṙel",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "վճռել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otsǎždam",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "отсъждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "adjudicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "jutjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "裁決"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cáijué",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "裁决"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "rozsoudit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "berechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "ratkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "tuomita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "juger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "trancher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "urteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "entscheiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "richten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "ítéletet hoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "határozatot hoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "mengadili"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "menghakimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "bedømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "dømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "pådømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sudítʹ",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "суди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vynosítʹ rešénije",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "выноси́ть реше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "adjudicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "juzgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to settle a legal case or other dispute",
      "word": "döma"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "datavarel",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "դատավարել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prisǎždam",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "присъждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rešavam delo",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "решавам дело"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "jutjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "判決"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pànjué",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "判决"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "tuomita"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "richten"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "dømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act as a judge",
      "word": "juzgar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Adjudication"
  ],
  "word": "adjudicate"
}

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