adjudicate

CEFRC2

/əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪt/

verb

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01
verb
To make an official decision about a problem or legal case.
02
verb
Extra detail
To act as a judge.

Examples

The referee had to adjudicate the disputed play.
Blinded to the outcomes of HPV testing, samples were thereafter evaluated by cytoscreeners using FocalPoint GS Imaging System (BD), and abnormal findings were adjudicated by pathologists.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/əˈd͡ʒʉː.dɪ.kæɪt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

To seize or convey as security.
To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.

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In North Carolina, provisional ballots are adjudicated to determine whether the voter was eligible to cast the ballot.
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 […]

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The judge will blank the dispute between the two companies next month.

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Blinded to the outcomes of HPV testing, samples were thereafter evaluated by cytoscreeners using FocalPoint GS Imaging System (BD), and abnormal findings were adjudicated by pathologists.
2016 January 21, Matejka Rebolj, et al., “Human Papillomavirus Assays and Cytology in Primary Cervical Screening of Women Aged 30 Years and Above”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI, archived fro...
From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish 'lawrightmen', who adjudicated and negotiated the collection of customary taxes and fines on behalf of the local population.
1983, Paul Thompson, Tony Wailey, Trevor Lummis, History Workshop Series, Living the Fishing, Routledge & Kegan Paul
In North Carolina, provisional ballots are adjudicated to determine whether the voter was eligible to cast the ballot.
2020 November 5, Devan Cole, “Here’s what to know about ballot adjudication”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022
The general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, who enforces federal labor law by prosecuting violations, said her office would soon file a brief in a case before the labor board, which adjudicates such questions, asking the board to reverse its precedent on the meetings.
2022 April 7, Noam Scheiber, “N.L.R.B. counsel calls for a ban on mandatory anti-union meetings.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2022
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 […]
2024 April 7, PTI, “Tribunals formed to adjudicate if sufficient grounds available to declare J-K groups as banned”, in Deccan Herald, archived from the original on 05 May 2024

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Origin

verb

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

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The judge will blank— the dispute between the two companies next month.

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verb

The judge will blank the dispute between the two companies next month.