adjudicate

English

WOTD - 12 September 2011    

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Etymology

From Latin adiūdicō, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈdʒudɪˌkeɪt/

Verb

adjudicate (third-person singular simple present adjudicates, present participle adjudicating, simple past and past participle adjudicated)

1. To settle a legal case or other dispute.
2. To act as a judge.

Synonyms

• arbitrate
• decide
• settle
• resolve
• try

Derived terms

• adjudication
• adjudicative
• adjudicator

Translations

to settle a legal case or other dispute

Armenian: դատել (hy) (datel), վճռել (hy) (včṙel) Bulgarian: отсъждам (bg) Catalan: adjudicar (ca), jutjar (ca) Czech: rozsoudit (cs) Finnish: ratkaista (fi), tuomita (fi)

French: please add this translation if you can German: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: bedømme (no), dømme (no), pådømme (no) Russian: судить (ru) (sudít’), выносить решение (ru) (vynosít’ rešénije) Spanish: adjudicar (es), juzgar (es) Swedish: döma (sv)

to act as a judge

Armenian: դատավարել (hy) (datavarel) Bulgarian: присъждам (bg), решавам дело (bg) Catalan: jutjar (ca)

Finnish: tuomita (fi) Norwegian: dømme (no) Spanish: juzgar (es)