adjudicating
裁く
解説 Definition
裁決・判定を下す行為。法的または司法的な決定を行うプロセス。
Adjudicating means making an official decision or judgment about a dispute, competition, or legal matter. It is commonly used in law, formal decision-making, and judging events. The word suggests a careful and authoritative process.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
judge を知っていればつかみやすい語。adjudicate は「正式に judge する」で、日常の decide よりずっと法的・公的で、裁判官や審判が証拠や主張を見て結論を出す場面に強く結びつく。adjudicating はその「判定を下している最中／その行為」なので、adjudicating a case, adjudicating claims, adjudicating disputes の形でまとめて覚えると残りやすい。似た decide は単なる決定、settle は争いを収める寄りで、adjudicate は権威ある立場から裁定する点が違う。adjusting など形の近い語と混同しやすいので、中央に judge 系が入っていると意識すると区別しやすい。
Look at the middle: adjudicating contains judge, and that is the key memory hook. It sounds much more formal than simple words like decide, so connect it with official phrases such as adjudicating a case or adjudicating disputes. If you remember "judge in action," the form becomes easier to recognize.
例文
The court was adjudicating the complex case for months.
裁判所はその複雑な事件を数ヶ月間裁決していた。
The judges were adjudicating between the two competing claims.
判事たちは2つの相反する主張を裁定していた。
They finished adjudicating all the disputes by the end of the year.
彼らは年末までにすべての紛争の裁決を終了した。
adjudicating の類義語・関連語
adjudicating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「adjudicating」はラテン語 ad-「〜へ」+ iudicare「裁く」に由来し、語幹 iudic- が見える。iudicare は ius「法」+ dicere「言う」で、もとは「法を言い渡す」こと。judge や judicial も同根。
Adjudicating comes from Latin ad-, meaning "to" or "toward," and iudicare, meaning "to judge." That Latin verb was formed from ius, "law," and dicere, "to say," so the older sense was like "to pronounce the law." In English, the word developed the sense of officially deciding a case or dispute. Judge and judicial come from the same root.
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