adjudge
Americanverb (used with object)
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adjudges,
present (3rd person singular)
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adjudged,
past participle, past
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adjudging
present participle
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to declare or pronounce formally; decree.
The will was adjudged void.
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to award or assign judicially.
The prize was adjudged to him.
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to decide by a judicial opinion or sentence.
to adjudge a case.
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to sentence or condemn.
He was adjudged to die.
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to deem; consider; think.
It was adjudged wise to avoid war.
verb
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to pronounce formally; declare
he was adjudged the winner
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to determine judicially; judge
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to order or pronounce by law; decree
he was adjudged bankrupt
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to award (costs, damages, etc)
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archaic to sentence or condemn
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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adjudgesimple
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adjudgessimple
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have adjudgedperfect
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has adjudgedperfect
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am adjudgingprogressive
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are adjudgingprogressive
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is adjudgingprogressive
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have been adjudgingperfect progressive
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has been adjudgingperfect progressive
Past
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adjudgedsimple
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had adjudgedperfect
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was adjudgingprogressive
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were adjudgingprogressive
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had been adjudgingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of adjudge
1325–75; Middle English ajugen < Middle French ajug ( i ) er < Latin adjūdicāre. See adjudicate
Example Sentences
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But as the original on-field decision was to adjudge Diaz offside, the response of “check complete” appeared to confirm the offside decision was correct.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
“Federal courts are authorized ‘to adjudge the legal rights of litigants in actual controversies,’ not hurt feelings,” wrote Justice Thomas.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Only true believers will adjudge “Western Stars” to be one of the Boss’s great ones.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2019
The UK, Dutch and other governments have also used distanced, networked processes to adjudge the authenticity of asylum seekers’ claims.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2014
The senator presided with dignity and pomp to adjudge and distribute the prizes, the gold ring, or the pallium, as it was styled, of cloth or silk.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
Marriner adjudges that Distin has fouled him, but again it looked harsh.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2012
But the novel most frequently mentioned is War and Peace, which one of three main protagonists, Patty, adjudges "the best book I've ever read".
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2010
Why, 'that the court adjudges the defendant, for his offences aforesaid, to be fined and imprisoned.'
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
Is it the law which adjudges them to punishment?
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
Whereupon the Wasp gave judgment: "It is clear now who made the comb, and who cannot make it; the Court adjudges the honey to the Bees."
From Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources by Harrison Weir
So, yes, if a driver is adjudged to have committed an offence that requires giving the place back, they must do so regardless of whether there are at that point other cars between them.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In Stokes' next, Daryl Mitchell was adjudged to have edged behind on review, though the batter thought he hit his pad.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Smith, already put down without scoring by Usman Khawaja at first slip, was adjudged to have gloved Brendon Doggett down the leg side after a lengthy review.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Four minutes later the Danes were down to 10 men when Rasmus Kristensen was harshly handed a second booking after being adjudged to have brought down John McGinn.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
A court had made it clear that Malcolm X and his family would have to vacate the Elmhurst house for its return to the adjudged legal owners, Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
But two minutes later Las Blancas were awarded a penalty, with Danish referee Frida Klarlund adjudging Jessie Fleming to have fouled Athenea del Castillo in the penalty area.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2023
After reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor, referee Marco Di Bello revoked his decision after adjudging there had been a foul on Sepe just before.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2022
Neil Swarbrick pointed to the spot after adjudging the challenge to be in the box, with the Wales international dusting himself off to send Schwarzer the wrong way.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2013
Dr. Badawi hopes that naysayers will attend the planned conferences, and read the new journal that he is helping to found, before adjudging that the scholarship disrespects the Koran.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2012
The historical survey will, moreover, aid in bringing into stronger relief those naked truths to which the tribunal of impartial history will assuredly testify hereafter, in adjudging the case between ourselves and our enemy.
From A Century of Wrong by F. W. Reitz
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