How to spell verdict

Verdict is spelled V-E-R-D-I-C-T.

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What it means: The findings of a jury on issues of fact.

In a sentence: The jury gave their verdict after the trial.

Same family: jury, judgment, decision, sentence, ruling. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Verdict” comes from Latin through Old French: from *verus* meaning “true” and *dicere* meaning “to say.” It literally meant a “true saying” or “true statement,” which fits its modern use as the final, true decision of a jury.

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