adjudication

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A judgment or sentence.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
  5. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.

Synonyms

verdict
C1
judgement
C1
judgment
B2
arbitration
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condemnation
33k
decision
A2
arbitrate
divination
39k
doom
C1
hearing
B1
judge
A2
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maxim
C2
proscription
proverb
C2
ruling
C1
saying
A1
sentence
B2
trial
B1
adjudgment

finding of fact

administering justice

general verdict

judgment of conviction

adage
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resource allotment

award
B2
call
A1
conclusion
B2
decipherment
decree
C2
denouncement
Translations

jugement
adjudication
sentence
vonnis
juicio
decisione
sentencia
adjudicação
Gerichtsbeschluss

adjudicació

Entscheidung
aggiudicazione
verdict
Beurteilung

judicium

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ə(d)ˌd͡ʒu.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiudicatio, adiudicationem.

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