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# adjudge

«adjudge» in Mova's school dictionary: **to decide officially that something is true or that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (adjudge, adjudges, adjudged, adjudging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To adjudge is to decide officially that something is true or that someone is something, as a judge or referee does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#m1)

2) (law) To give an official decision in a court case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A stiff word met in sports reports and law: «the ball was adjudged to have crossed the line». It tells the reader that an official made a judgement. Usually used in the passive: «was adjudged». Phrases: «adjudged the winner», «adjudged guilty», «adjudged offside».

### examples

- The goal was adjudged offside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#x1)
- She was adjudged the winner of the poetry competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#x2)
- The court adjudged him guilty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#x3)
- The referee adjudged that the ball had gone out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#x4)
- Our project was adjudged the best in the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#x5)
- The match was adjudged a draw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#x6)
- An Ape undertook to adjudge the matter between them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday words are «judge», «decide», «rule». Spelling: adjudge has a d before the j. Related: «adjudicate» (to act as a judge in a contest or dispute) and «adjudicator».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adjudge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.