adjudicator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [əˈd͡ʒʉː.dɪ.kæɪ.ɾə] (Australia)
- /əˈd͡ʒʉː.dɪ.kæɪ.tə/ (Australia)
- /əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪ.tɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
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- [əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪ.ɾɚ] (Canada, General-American)
- /əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪ.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English adjudicate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English adjudicator From adjudicate + -or.
Meanings
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One who adjudicates.
The State Department has hired hundreds of new passport adjudicators, put employees to work around the clock and opened a new processing facility in Arkansas but has still been unable to meet the demand [for the issuance of new passports].
2007 June 8, Houston Chronicle:Rimmer ducked his body low into his chair, so just his head remained above the table top, and peered past the backs of the examinees in front of him, waiting for the adjudicator to make his move.
1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:But in the neighboring DeKalb County, groups of four adjudicators work together – one Republican, one Democrat, two independents – to vote on whether a ballot is OK, and that its intent can be ascertained.
2020 November 5, Devan Cole, “Here’s what to know about ballot adjudication”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| adjudicators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (20)
nrf adjudicateu (one who adjudicates) · cs rozhodce (one who adjudicates) · ka მედიატორი (one who adjudicates) · fr juge (one who adjudicates) · pl arbiter (one who adjudicates) · da dommer (one who adjudicates) · ru арби́тр (one who adjudicates) · de Schiedsrichter (one who adjudicates) · tr hakem (one who adjudicates) · sv domare (one who adjudicates) · yue 評判 /评判 (one who adjudicates) · cmn 評判 /评判 (one who adjudicates) · cs rozhodčí (one who adjudicates) · pl sędzia (one who adjudicates) · pl arbiterka (one who adjudicates) · ka არბიტრი (one who adjudicates) · de Schiedsrichterin (one who adjudicates) · es juez (one who adjudicates) · ga breithneoir (one who adjudicates) · nb dommer (one who adjudicates)