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)
- 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
- An opinion or judgement.
- a “not out” verdict from the umpire
- We've reached a verdict on your proposal.
- Synonyms:
- conclusion, determination, view, award, censure, choice, opinion, decision, deduction, ergotism
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:
Synonyms of verdict
Forms of verdict
| plural | verdicts |
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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
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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