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verdict

UK/ˈvɜː.dɪkt//ˈvɝ.dɪkt/

verdict noun: a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Noun

verdict (plural verdicts)

  1. A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
    • guilty verdict, not guilty verdict, final verdict
    • The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
    Synonyms:
    finding
  2. An opinion or judgement.
    • a “not out” verdict from the umpire
    • We've reached a verdict on your proposal.

verdict meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

verdict in Hindi

decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
निर्णय nirṇay, फ़ैसला faislā

verdict in Tamil

தீர்ப்பு, முடிவு

verdict in Urdu

decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
فیصلہ faislā, حکم hukm

verdict in Telugu

decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
తీర్పు tīrpu
More languagesFewer languages
verdict in Malayalam
വിധി vidhi
verdict in Kannada
ತೀರ್ಮಾನ, ನಿರ್ಣಯ, ಅಭಿಮತ, ತೀರ‍್ಪು
verdict in Gujarati
ચુકાદો cukādo
verdict in Pashto
حکم hokm
verdict in Tagalog
hatol
verdict in Arabic
حُكْم ḥukm
verdict in Persian
حکم hokm
verdict in Thai
คำพิพากษา kam-pí-pâak-sǎa
verdict in Vietnamese
bản án, phán quyểt

Examples of verdict in a sentence

  • I hope the court overturns his verdict.
  • Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
  • The coroner’s verdict was accidental death.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger’s history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 124:

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Synonyms of verdict

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All synonyms of verdict

Forms of verdict

pluralverdicts

Plural of verdict: verdicts

Origin of verdict

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.

Words formed from verdict

Questions about verdict

What does verdict mean?
Verdict means a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
What is verdict in Hindi?
Verdict in Hindi is निर्णय (nirṇay), फ़ैसला (faislā). See Verdict meaning in Hindi.
How do you use verdict in a sentence?
I hope the court overturns his verdict.
What part of speech is verdict?
Verdict is a noun.
How do you pronounce verdict?
Verdict is pronounced /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/ (UK).
What is the plural of verdict?
The plural of verdict is verdicts.

Words near verdict in the dictionary

  1. Verdes
  2. Verdet constant
  3. Verdet constants
  4. Verdi
  5. Verdian
  6. verdict
  7. verdictive
  8. verdictives
  9. verdictless
  10. verdicts
  11. Verdier

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: verdict (page history and authors); verdict (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verdict (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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