adjudicate

English

WOTD – 12 September 2011

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”). Doublet of adjudge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒudɪˌkeɪt/

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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.
3. (Scotland, law) To seize, or convey, a debtor's estate as security.

Synonyms

• arbitrate
• decide
• settle
• resolve
• try

Derived terms

• adjudication
• adjudicative
• adjudicator

Related terms

• abjudicate
• adjudge

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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裁決／裁决 (zh) (cáijué)

• Czech: rozsoudit (cs)
• Dutch: berechten (nl)
• Finnish: ratkaista (fi), tuomita (fi)
• French: juger (fr), trancher (fr)
• German: urteilen (de), entscheiden (de), richten (de)
• Hungarian: ítéletet hoz (hu), határozatot hoz (hu)
• Norwegian: bedømme, dømme (no), pådømme
• Russian: суди́ть (ru) (sudítʹ), выноси́ть реше́ние (vynosítʹ rešénije)
• Spanish: adjudicar (es), juzgar (es)
• Swedish: döma (sv)

to act as a judge

• Armenian: դատավարել (hy) (datavarel)
• Bulgarian: присъждам (bg) (prisǎždam), решавам дело (rešavam delo)
• Catalan: jutjar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 判決／判决 (zh) (pànjué)

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

References

• “adjudicate, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Spanish

Verb

adjudicate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of adjudicar combined with te