MEANING
To make an authoritative decision about a disputed claim or matter.
Use it for
competing interpretations; institutional decision procedures; contested rightsIdentify who has authority to resolve a disagreement.
Words that belong together
- adjudicate a dispute
- adjudicate claims
- adjudicate on eligibility
On the page
An independent panel will adjudicate complaints about the examination.
Who should adjudicate between conflicting accounts of the same event?
The treaty created a court capable of adjudicating territorial disputes.
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Word forms
- Base
- adjudicate / adjudicates
- Past tense
- adjudicated
- Past participle
- adjudicated
- Present participle
- adjudicating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- adjudicate / adjudicates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are adjudicating
- Present perfect
- have/has adjudicated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been adjudicating
- Past
- adjudicated
- Past continuous
- was/were adjudicating
- Past perfect
- had adjudicated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been adjudicating
- Future
- will adjudicate / adjudicates
- Future continuous
- will be adjudicating
- Future perfect
- will have adjudicated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been adjudicating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic. Formal, often legal or procedural; deciding after considering evidence, not merely expressing an opinion. Use adjudicate a dispute or adjudicate on a claim. Verb inflections [base, third-person singular, past, past participle, -ing]: adjudicate, adjudicates, adjudicated, adjudicated, adjudicating. Derived family (not inflections): adjudication, adjudicator.
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