Definitions for adjudicate
əˈdʒu dɪˌkeɪtad·ju·di·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. judge, adjudicate, tryverb

   put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

   "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

2. decide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb

   bring to an end; settle conclusively

   "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. adjudicateverb

   To settle a legal case or other dispute.

2. adjudicateverb

   To act as a judge.

3. Etymology: From adiudico, from ad + iudico.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ADJUDICATEverb

   To adjudge; to give something controverted to one of the litigants, by a sentence or decision.

   Etymology: adjudico, Lat.

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1. adjudicate

   Adjudicate is to make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or a disputed matter. It can also refer to the act of presiding over a legal case in the court of law, as a judge.

2. adjudicate

   Adjudicate is the process of making a formal judgment or decision about a problem or a disputed matter. It often refers to the act of a judge or court deciding on a case or legal matter. In a broader sense, it can also be used to describe the act of settling disputes in fields like business or politics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adjudicateverb

   to adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree

2. Adjudicateverb

   to come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case

3. Etymology: [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Adjudicate

   ad-jōō′di-kāt, v.t. to determine judicially: to pronounce.—v.i. to pronounce judgment.—ns. Adjudicā′tion (Eng. law), an order of the Bankruptcy Court, adjudging the debtor to be a bankrupt, and transferring his property to a trustee; Adjū′dicator. [L. adjudicāre, -ātum.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjudicate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjudicate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of adjudicate in a Sentence

1. Judge John Robert Blakey:

   This Court's task is not to adjudicate the fairness or appropriateness of high-frequency trading.

2. The Navy:

   As of October 14, multiple religious accommodation requests related to the COVID vaccine mandate have been adjudicated and none have yet been approved, as we continue to review and adjudicate such requests, each will continue to be given full consideration with respect to the specific facts and circumstances submitted.

3. George Terwilliger:

   We intend to adjudicate Mr. Meadows' rights in connection with that subpoena as fully and completely as we can.

4. Charles Krauthammer:

   We will know looking back if this is warranted, but I must say the way that she spoke at the very end in which she essentially said to the mob, ‘I will speak on your behalf, I will bring you justice and now you will bring peace.’ She doesn’t speak for the mob and her job is not to bring peace, her job is to adjudicate these issues without consideration for what’s going to happen outside. It looks like appeasement of the mob. We will only know when the evidence eventually comes out.

5. Ashley Tabaddor:

   The provision to process cases in 180 days has been on the books for over two decades, the problem is that we have never been given adequate resources to adjudicate those claims in a timely fashion.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=adjudicate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Adjudicate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=adjudicate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjudicate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=adjudicate