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) (otsǎždam)
• Catalan: adjudicar (ca), jutjar (ca)
• Czech: rozsoudit (cs)
• Dutch: berechten (nl)
• 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) (prisǎždam), решавам дело (bg) (rešavam delo)
• Catalan: jutjar (ca)

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