adjudicate
verb /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/
/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adjudicate | /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/ /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it adjudicates | /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪts/ /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple adjudicated | /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪd/ /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle adjudicated | /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪd/ /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form adjudicating | /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to make an official decision about who is right between two groups or organizations that disagree
- adjudicate (on/upon/in something) A special subcommittee adjudicates on planning applications.
- adjudicate (something) (between A and B) Their purpose is to adjudicate disputes between employers and employees.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2- Parliament can create a specialist body to adjudicate in a given field.
- The court has the option to adjudicate upon the matter or suspend the proceedings.
- [intransitive] to be a judge in a competition
- Who is adjudicating at this year's contest?
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘award judicially’): from Latin adjudicat- ‘awarded judicially’, from the verb adjudicare, from ad- ‘to’ + judicare, from judex, judic- ‘a judge’. The noun adjudication (as a Scots legal term) dates from the early 17th cent.