jurying
SayJUUR-ee-ingUS/ˈd͡ʒʊɹiɪŋ/UK/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹiɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of jury.
The gallery director is jurying hundreds of submissions for the spring show.
Jurying a national competition demands both expertise and strict impartiality.
Note
A verb built on the noun, and the -ing form keeps the y of jury intact before the ending. As a participle it follows be (is jurying the entries). As a gerund it heads a phrase that still takes a direct object (jurying a national competition). Either kind of jury can stand behind it: the panel that judges submitted work for an exhibition or prize, or the court's.
jurying is a form of jury
jury, verb: To evaluate and select entries for a show or competition by means of a panel of judges. Full entry
- Spelling
- jury → jurying: add -ing
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