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# adjudication

«adjudication» in Mova's school dictionary: **The official decision made by a judge or another person…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (adjudication, adjudications)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law, formal) The official decision made by a judge or another person in charge after hearing both sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#m1)

2) The act of judging a contest, such as a music, dance or debate competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Heard in law and in competitions (eisteddfods, music festivals, debating). In stories, an «adjudication» settles a dispute. Phrases: «under adjudication», «the adjudication panel», «final adjudication».

### examples

- The adjudication of the singing contest took an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#x1)
- After the adjudication, our choir came second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#x2)
- The dispute went to adjudication. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#x3)
- The adjudication panel praised her poem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#x4)
- The judge's adjudication ended the long argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#x5)
- At the dance festival, adjudications were read out at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjudication/#x6)

### note

Countable and uncountable. Verb: adjudicate; person: adjudicator. Formal word; in everyday talk say «judging» or «decision».

### Trees and pragmatics

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