adjudicate
/əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.47 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish 'lawrightmen', who adjudicated and negotiated the collection of customary taxes and fines on behalf of the local population."
- "Blinded to the outcomes of HPV testing, samples were thereafter evaluated by cytoscreeners using FocalPoint GS Imaging System (BD), and abnormal findings were adjudicated by pathologists."
- "In North Carolina, provisional ballots are adjudicated to determine whether the voter was eligible to cast the ballot."
- "The general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, who enforces federal labor law by prosecuting violations, said her office would soon file a brief in a case before the labor board, which adjudicates such questions, asking the board to reverse its precedent on the meetings."
- "The Union Home Ministry has constituted four tribunals […] to adjudicate whether or not there are sufficient grounds for declaring several Jammu and Kashmir-based groups as banned organisations […]"
- "A report for the city's finance and corporate services committee recommends the city implement an administrative penalty system for adjudicating parking and camera-based offences, with municipally appointed screening and hearing officers adjudicating ticket disputes instead of the provincial court system."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪt/
- British English: /əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.