adjudicate
11adjudicate — [[t]əʤu͟ːdɪkeɪt[/t]] adjudicates, adjudicating, adjudicated VERB If you adjudicate on a dispute or problem, you make an official judgement or decision about it. [FORMAL] [V prep] ...a commissioner to adjudicate on legal rights... [V n] The… …
12adjudicate — verb 1 (I, T) to officially decide who is right in an argument between two groups or organizations (+ on/in): An independent expert was called in to adjudicate. | adjudicate a claim 2 (I) to be the judge in a competition: He adjudicated at all… …
13adjudicate — UK [əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt] / US [əˈdʒudɪˌkeɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms adjudicate : present tense I/you/we/they adjudicate he/she/it adjudicates present participle adjudicating past tense adjudicated past participle adjudicated to make… …
14adjudicate — /ə dʒu:dɪkeɪt/ verb to give a judgement between two parties in law or to decide a legal problem ● to adjudicate a claim ● to adjudicate in a dispute ♦ he was adjudicated bankrupt he was declared legally bankrupt …
15adjudicate — verb Adjudicate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑dispute …
16adjudicate — I adjudge, adjudicate (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. judge (See judgment). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mediate, settle, adjudge, arbitrate; see decide . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [uh JOO di KATE] to judge and… …
17adjudicate — verb this court cannot proceed to adjudicate on a matter when the accused does not have a counsel Syn: judge, try, hear, examine, arbitrate, referee, umpire; pronounce on, give a ruling on, pass judgment on, decide, determine, settle, resolve …
18adjudicate sb bankrupt — ► to legally and officially state that a person, company, or organization cannot pay its debts: »The operator of the steel plant was adjudicated bankrupt by the regional court on July 7. Main Entry: ↑adjudicate …
19adjudicate the validity of a will — index probate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
20adjudicate — verb ( cated; cating) Date: 1775 transitive verb to settle judicially intransitive verb to act as judge • adjudicative adjective • adjudicator noun • adjudicatory adjective …
