Judge
WordNet
noun
(1) An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
(2) A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
verb
(3) Form a critical opinion of
"I cannot judge some works of modern art"
"How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
(4) Determine the result of (a competition)
(5) Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
(6) Pronounce judgment on
"They labeled him unfit to work here"
(7) Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
"The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"
"The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
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Etymology
From , , ultimately from , from , from , from + .
Noun
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
- At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
- A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
- He is a good judge of wine.
Verb
- To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
- A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
- To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- Justices in this country judge without appeal.
- To form an opinion on.
- I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
- To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
- To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
- To form an opinion; to infer.
- I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
- To criticize or label another person or thing.
Related terms
- abjudge
- abjudicate
- adjudicate