{
    "term": "verdict",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an official judgement made in court or at an inquest (= an official investigation into somebody's death)",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Has the jury **reached a verdict**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury **returned a verdict** (= gave a ) of guilty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coroner **recorded a verdict** of accidental death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His family always insisted that the original ‘guilty’ verdict should be overturned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the case of an adverse verdict, the company could lose millions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge sent the jury away to consider its verdict."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury returned a formal verdict after direction by the judge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury returned a verdict of guilty at the end of the trial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury's verdict was unanimous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The verdict came in this afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The verdict was delivered in front of a packed courtroom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The verdict was upheld at appeal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They reached a verdict after hours of deliberation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We believe that the verdict against him was unfair."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a unanimous verdict of not guilty"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury returned a verdict of not guilty."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["adverse", "favourable/​favorable", "guilty"],
                "verb + verdict": ["consider", "agree", "agree on"],
                "verdict + verb": [
                    "be in somebody’s favour/​favor",
                    "be in",
                    "come down"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "verdict of",
                    "verdict against",
                    "verdict in favour/​favor of"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the court’s verdict",
                    "the judge’s verdict",
                    "the jury’s verdict"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a decision that you make or an opinion that you give about something, after you have tested it or considered it carefully",
            "sensetop": "verdict on something/somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Well, what's your verdict?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The panel will **give their verdict** on the latest album releases.",
                    "contextForm": "verdict on something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The panel will give its final verdict tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The unanimous verdict was that the picnic had been a great success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's your verdict on her new book?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["final", "general", "overall"],
                "verb + verdict": ["give"],
                "preposition": ["verdict on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːdɪkt/",
                "audio": "ve/verdict/verdict__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːrdɪkt/",
                "audio": "ve/verdict/verdict__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French verdit, from Old French veir ‘true’ (from Latin verus) + dit (from Latin dictum ‘saying’)."
}