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verdict

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈvɝ.dɪkt/
  • California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈvøː.dəkt/
  • obsolete: /ˈvɜɹ.dɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: V ER1 D IH0 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

Examples

  • The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
  • I hope the court overturns his verdict.
  • guilty verdict, not guilty verdict, final verdict

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An opinion or judgement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a “not out” verdict from the umpire
  • We've reached a verdict on your proposal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conclusion, determination, view, award, censure, choice, opinion, decision, deduction, ergotism, illation, inference, judgement/judgment, mind, result, sight, take, verdict

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: finding of fact

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: finding

Narrower terms: compromise verdict, directed verdict, false verdict, general verdict, partial verdict, special verdict

History

Etymology

From Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum.

Across languages

Translations

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: aktgjykim — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Albanian: vendim — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Armenian: վճիռ (včiṙ) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Armenian: դատավճիռ (datavčiṙ) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Armenian: վերդիկտ (verdikt) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Azerbaijani: hökm — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Basque: epai — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Belarusian: пры́суд (prýsud) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Belarusian: пры́гавар (prýhavar) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Belarusian: прыгаво́р (pryhavór) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Belarusian: вы́рак (výrak) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Belarusian: верды́кт (vjerdýkt) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Belarusian: вэрды́кт (verdýkt) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Bulgarian: присъ́да (prisǎ́da) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Bulgarian: верди́кт (verdíkt) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Catalan: veredicte — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裁決 /裁决 (cáijué) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裁定 (cáidìng) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Czech: výrok — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Czech: rozsudek — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Czech: verdikt — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Danish: kendelse — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Danish: dom — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Dutch: uitspraak — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Dutch: oordeel — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Esperanto: verdikto — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Estonian: otsus — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Estonian: kohtuotsus — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Estonian: verdikt — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Finnish: tuomio — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • French: verdict — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Georgian: განაჩენი (ganačeni) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Georgian: გადაწყვეტილება (gadac̣q̇veṭileba) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Georgian: ვერდიქტი (verdikṭi) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • German: Gerichtsurteil — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • German: Urteil — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Greek: ετυμηγορία (etymigoría) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Ancient Greek: κρίσις (krísis) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Gujarati: ચુકાદો (cukādo) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Hebrew: פְּסַק דִּין (psak din) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Hindi: निर्णय (nirṇay) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Hindi: फ़ैसला (faislā) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Hungarian: ítélet — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Icelandic: úrskurður — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Icelandic: dómur — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Icelandic: dómsúrskurður — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Interlingua: verdicto — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Irish: breithiúnas — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Irish: breith — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Irish: fíorasc — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Italian: verdetto — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Japanese: 評決 (hyōketsu) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Kazakh: үкім (ükım) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Khmer: សាលក្រម (saal krɑm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Korean: 평결 (pyeonggyeol) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Northern Kurdish: hûkûm — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Northern Kurdish: hikm — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Kyrgyz: өкүм (öküm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Latin: crīmen — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Latvian: spriedums — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Latvian: verdikts — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Lithuanian: nuosprendis — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Lithuanian: verdiktas — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Macedonian: пресуда (presuda) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Malayalam: വിധി (vidhi) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Māori: whakataunga — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjennelse — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Pashto: حکم (hokm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Persian: حکم (hokm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Polish: orzeczenie — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Polish: werdykt — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Polish: wyrok — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Portuguese: veredito — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Romanian: verdict — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Russian: пригово́р (prigovór) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Russian: реше́ние (rešénije) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Russian: верди́кт (verdíkt) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре̏суда — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Serbo-Croatian: правомоћна пресуда — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȅsuda — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Serbo-Croatian: pravomoćna presuda — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Slovak: výrok — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Slovak: rozsudok — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Slovak: verdikt — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Slovene: sodba — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Slovene: razsodba — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Spanish: veredicto — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Spanish: fallo — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Swedish: utslag — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Swedish: dom — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Swedish: domslut — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Tagalog: hatol — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Tajik: ҳукм (hukm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Tatar: хөкем (xökem) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Telugu: తీర్పు (tīrpu) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Thai: คําพิพากษา (kam-pí-pâak-sǎa) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Turkish: hüküm — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Turkmen: höküm — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Ukrainian: ви́рок (výrok) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Ukrainian: при́суд (prýsud) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Ukrainian: при́говор (prýhovor) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Ukrainian: верди́кт (verdýkt) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Urdu: فیصلہ (faislā) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Urdu: حکم (hukm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Uyghur: ھۆكۈم (höküm) — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Uzbek: hukm — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Vietnamese: bản án — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Vietnamese: phán quyểt — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Welsh: rheithfarn — decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
  • Belarusian: суджэ́нне (sudžénnje) — opinion or judgement
  • Bulgarian: мнение (mnenie) — opinion or judgement
  • Bulgarian: съждение (sǎždenie) — opinion or judgement
  • Catalan: parer — opinion or judgement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裁決 /裁决 (cáijué) — opinion or judgement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 判斷 /判断 (pànduàn) — opinion or judgement
  • Danish: mening — opinion or judgement
  • Danish: udtalelse — opinion or judgement
  • Dutch: oordeel — opinion or judgement
  • Finnish: lausunto — opinion or judgement
  • Georgian: განაჩენი (ganačeni) — opinion or judgement
  • Georgian: ვერდიქტი (verdikṭi) — opinion or judgement
  • Georgian: გადაწყვეტილება (gadac̣q̇veṭileba) — opinion or judgement
  • German: Urteil — opinion or judgement
  • Irish: tuairim — opinion or judgement
  • Japanese: 判定 (hantei) — opinion or judgement
  • Korean: 판정 (panjeong) — opinion or judgement
  • Latin: sententia — opinion or judgement
  • Russian: сужде́ние (suždénije) — opinion or judgement
  • Russian: верди́кт (verdíkt) — opinion or judgement
  • Spanish: fallo — opinion or judgement
  • Swedish: eftermäle — opinion or judgement
  • Swedish: mening — opinion or judgement
  • Swedish: utlåtande — opinion or judgement
  • Turkish: hüküm — opinion or judgement
  • Ukrainian: су́дження (súdžennja) — opinion or judgement
  • Welsh: dyfarniad — opinion or judgement
  • Welsh: barn — opinion or judgement
Real reading context

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