adjudicate

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(ə-jū'dĭ-kāt') pronunciation

v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

v.tr.
  1. To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure.
  2. To study and settle (a dispute or conflict): The principal adjudicated our quarrel.
v.intr.
To act as a judge.

[Latin adiūdicāre, adiūdicāt-, to award to (judicially) : ad-, ad- + iūdicāre, to judge (from iūdex, judge; see judge).]

adjudication ad·ju'di·ca'tion n.
adjudicative ad·ju'di·ca'tive adj.
adjudicator ad·ju'di·ca'tor n.


is spelt -or.

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verb

    To make a decision about (a controversy or dispute, for example) after deliberation, as in a court of law: adjudge, arbitrate, decide, decree, determine, judge, referee, rule, umpire. See decide/hesitate, law.

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v

Definition: to judge formally
Antonyms: defer, dodge, ignore, not judge


v

The final step in dental peer review at which the dental peer review committee renders a formal, nonlegal decision on a case.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afgøre, fælde dom i

Nederlands (Dutch)
als rechter optreden, verklaren, juridisch oordelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - juger, décider

Deutsch (German)
v. - als Richter fungieren, zuerkennen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επιδικάζω, κατακυρώνω, επιδικάζω

Italiano (Italian)
aggiudicare, pronunciare un giudizio, giudicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - adjudicar (Jur.), julgar (Jur.), sentenciar

Русский (Russian)
судить, выносить приговор

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - juzgar, declarar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - döma, tilldöma

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
判决, 宣告

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 判決, 宣告

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 판결하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 審査員を務める, 判決を下す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحكم قضائيا, يضي بين الناس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שפט, פסק, קבע‬


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