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adjudicate

verb
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they adjudicate
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/
he / she / it adjudicates
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪts/
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪts/
past simple adjudicated
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle adjudicated
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪd/
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-ing form adjudicating
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to make an official decision about who is right between two groups or organizations that disagree判决，裁决（争执等）
    • adjudicate (on/upon/in something) A special subcommittee adjudicates on planning applications.有一个特别小组委员会裁决规划申请项目。🔊🔊
    • adjudicate (something) (between A and B) Their purpose is to adjudicate disputes between employers and employees.他们的目的是裁决雇主与雇员之间的纠纷。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Parliament can create a specialist body to adjudicate in a given field.议会可以建立一个专门机构，在给定领域内进行裁决。
    • The court has the option to adjudicate upon the matter or suspend the proceedings.法院可以选择对此事进行裁决或中止诉讼。
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
  2. [intransitive] to be a judge in a competition（比赛中）裁判，评判
    • Who is adjudicating at this year's contest?今年比赛谁当裁判？🔊🔊
    3. Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘award judicially’): from Latin adjudicat- ‘awarded judicially’, from the verb adjudicare, from ad- ‘to’ + judicare, from judex, judic- ‘a judge’. The noun adjudication (as a Scots legal term) dates from the early 17th cent.