verdict
pronunciation
How to pronounce verdict in British English:
UK [ˈvɜːdɪkt]
How to pronounce verdict in American English:
US [ˈvɜːrdɪkt]
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- Noun:
- (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
Word Origin
- verdict
- verdict: [13] A verdict is etymologically a ‘true saying’. The word was borrowed from verdit, the Anglo-Norman variant of Old French veirdit. This was a compound term formed from veir ‘true’ (a descendant of Latin vērum and relative of English very) and dit ‘saying, speech’, which came from Latin dictum. The partial latinization of verdit to verdict took place in the 16th century.=> diction, dictionary, very
- verdict (n.)
- 1530s, alteration of Middle English verdit (c. 1300), "a jury's decision in a case," from Anglo-French verdit (Old French voirdit) "sworn testimony, affidavit; judgment, written record of a verdict," literally "a true saying or report," from ver, veir "true" (see very) + dit, past participle of dire "to say" (see diction). Spelling influenced by Medieval Latin verdictum "a verdict."
Synonym
Example
- 1. The verdict matters much more than the punishment .
- 2. Britain and the united states condemned the verdict .
- 3. A gaggle of gurus delivers a harsh verdict .
- 4. That certainly has been the verdict of many historians .
- 5. But eight months is surely time enough for a considered verdict .