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ad·ju·di·cate
 adjudicate
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- pronunciation:
ju
dih
keIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
adjudicates, adjudicating, adjudicated |
| definition: |
to settle by a judge or judges or in a judicial procedure.
The matter will be adjudicated in court.The art exhibit was adjudicated by respected local artists.- similar words:
- judge
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| related words: |
adjudge, arbitrate, hear, referee, try, umpire |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to act as a judge; make a decision judicially.
- similar words:
- judge
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| related words: |
arbitrate, find, referee, rule |
adverb + (v.)adjudicate
fairly, jointly
(v.)adjudicate
+ adverb
mentally
(v.)adjudicate
+ noun
basis, case, charge, claim, conflict, decree, dispute, festival, grant, issue, knowledge, land, law, matter, merit, offense, placement, quarrel, trade, truth
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| derivations: |
adjudicative (adj.), adjudicator (n.) |
The word adjudicate
contains the following parts:
jud, jur, just
Latin
root
that means justice, law; swear
  Example words:
adjudicate, abjure, adjure, conjure, injudicious, injure, injury, injustice, judge, judgment, judicial, judiciary, judicious, juridical, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jury, just, justice, justify, perjure, perjury, unjust
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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