adjudicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce adjudicate in British English:
UK [əˈdʒu:dɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce adjudicate in American English:
US [əˈdʒudɪˌket]
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- Verb:
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
Word Origin
- adjudicate (v.)
- 1700, from Latin adiudicatus, past participle of adiudicare (see adjudge). Related: Adjudicated; adjudicating.
Example
- 1. It will fall to the senate to adjudicate .
- 2. The judge who mediates a case is usually expected by her or his court to also adjudicate that case should mediation fail .
- 3. Complaints must be heard , and iraq -- with the support of the united nations -- has a process in place to investigate and adjudicate any allegations of fraud .
- 4. The taliban nowadays often adjudicate quarrels in the tribal areas , a wild buffer zone that runs along pakistan 's border with afghanistan .