adjudicate

verb

ə-ˈjü-di-ˌkāt How to pronounce adjudicate (audio)
Definition of adjudicatenext
as in to decide
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute) when we asked the salesclerk to adjudicate our disagreement, she agreed with me that the white shoes looked better

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Recent Examples of adjudicate Officials’ body Pro Ref admitted making an error in judgement when VAR adjudicated that Erling Haaland was onside for the winner. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 How far must someone go in order to be taken seriously by those who adjudicate access to life itself? — Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026 The agreement did not adjudicate the merits of Camero’s allegations. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 It is intended to be adjudicated quickly because a person’s liberty is at stake. — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for adjudicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudicate
  1. decide
  2. settle
  3. determine
  4. arbitrate
  5. judge
  6. adjudge
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  • Heading into the midterm elections, AI now ranks as a key issue in races that will help decide control of both chambers of Congress.
    — Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This feels more like the 2008 financial crisis where the government decided a cash-infusion could help stabilize the market, this time in the form of a television agreement that leads to more teams making the postseason.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of decide
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  • Florida’s research has long tracked how different kinds of work settle in different places.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Mercury in your partnership house squares Mars in your 4th, creating friction between another person’s perspective and what feels comfortable or settled to you.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of settle
Verb
  • The team was also able to determine the mass of both bodies in ZTF J0440+2325.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Reaveys spent Callum’s early years performing their own intensive physical and speech therapies with him, determined their son would roll over, crawl, and learn to say his name.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of determine
Verb
  • As Rees sees it, legacy institutions are ill-equipped to arbitrate informational or cultural truths in a network-first world.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The underlying logic is that if parties contractually agree to arbitrate their grievances, which Moore and other professional tennis players do, judges ought to treat the outcome as final, assuming there are no extraordinary circumstances.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of arbitrate
Verb
  • That means nobody is around to judge you for slipping the ABBA album from the stack of records in the lobby onto the nearby turntable before curling up on the black leather banquettes around the fireplace.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The new Type 01—revealed today in New York—will be judged by the same standards, with the arguments already begun and the marque, again, putting its future on the line.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of judge
Verb
  • The two centre-backs were grappling in the penalty area, and Konsa was adjudged to have pulled Ballard to the ground after a long throw-in.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov won the Hart Trophy as the NHL player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team, marking the second such honor of his career after also winning the award in 2019.
    — Mercury News, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Definition of adjudge

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“Adjudicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjudicate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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