adjudged; adjudging
1
a
: to decide or rule upon as a judge : adjudicate
b
: to pronounce judicially : rule
3
: to hold or pronounce to be : deem
adjudge the book a success
4
: to award or grant judicially in a case of controversy
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Examples of adjudge in a Sentence
The court adjudged the contract to be fraudulent.
his version of what had happened was generally adjudged to be completely fictitious
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Having relinquished pole position immediately at the start of the race, Norris overtook Verstappen to take third in lap 52, but was adjudged to have gained an advantage by leaving the track.
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Things appeared to immediately go from bad to worse for Jacksonville when Travis Etienne was adjudged to have fumbled the ball, but the referees overturned the call after review.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
After being left without a seat for the 2023 season following his departure from McLaren, Ricciardo joined RB (then named Alpha Tauri) in the middle of that year to replace Nyck De Vries, who was adjudged to be underperforming.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
In 2021, many policymakers and observers (this one included) adjudged rising prices to be a transitory phenomenon and urged a cautious response to them.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Things appeared to immediately go from bad to worse for Jacksonville when Travis Etienne was adjudged to have fumbled the ball, but the referees overturned the call after review.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
After being left without a seat for the 2023 season following his departure from McLaren, Ricciardo joined RB (then named Alpha Tauri) in the middle of that year to replace Nyck De Vries, who was adjudged to be underperforming.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
In 2021, many policymakers and observers (this one included) adjudged rising prices to be a transitory phenomenon and urged a cautious response to them.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Adjudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjudge. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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adjudge
verb
ad·judge
ə-ˈjəj 
adjudged; adjudging
1
: to decide or rule upon as a judge : adjudicate
2
: to consider or say to be : deem
they adjudged the play a success
Legal Definition
adjudge
transitive verb
ad·judge
ə-ˈjəj
adjudged; adjudging
1
2
: to award, grant, or impose judicially
adjudge costs to the plaintiff
adjudgment
noun
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