adjudge
verb /əˈdʒʌdʒ/
/əˈdʒʌdʒ/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adjudge | /əˈdʒʌdʒ/ /əˈdʒʌdʒ/ |
| he / she / it adjudges | /əˈdʒʌdʒɪz/ /əˈdʒʌdʒɪz/ |
| past simple adjudged | /əˈdʒʌdʒd/ /əˈdʒʌdʒd/ |
| past participle adjudged | /əˈdʒʌdʒd/ /əˈdʒʌdʒd/ |
| -ing form adjudging | /əˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/ /əˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/ |
- to make a decision about somebody/something based on the facts that are available
- be adjudged + adj. The company was adjudged bankrupt.
- The measures have since been adjudged inadequate.
- be adjudged + noun The tour was adjudged a success.
- something is adjudged to be, have, etc. something The reforms were generally adjudged to have failed.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ajuger, from Latin adjudicare, from ad- ‘to’ + judicare, from judex, judic- ‘a judge’.