jurisdiction

Other forms of jurisdiction

plural

jurisdictions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jurisdiction

What does jurisdiction mean?

jurisdiction means "(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jurisdiction?

jurisdiction has 4 syllables: jur-is-dic-tion. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /ˌdʒʊɹəsˈdɪkʃən/.

What is another word for jurisdiction?

Close synonyms include legal power. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jurisdiction a common word?

jurisdiction is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with jurisdiction?

6 words rhyme with jurisdiction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.