adjudicate

English

WOTD – 12 September 2011

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈdʒudɪˌkeɪt/
Audio (AU) (file)

Verb

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

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

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)
Czech: rozsoudit (cs)
Dutch: berechten (nl)
Finnish: ratkaista (fi), tuomita (fi)
French: juger (fr), trancher (fr)

German: please add this translation if you can
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)

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