judge

[ juhj ]

/ dʒʌdʒ /

noun

a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.

a person appointed to decide in any competition, contest, or matter at issue; authorized arbiter: the judges of a beauty contest.

a person qualified to pass a critical judgment: a good judge of horses.

an administrative head of Israel in the period between the death of Joshua and the accession to the throne by Saul.

(especially in rural areas) a county official with supervisory duties, often employed part-time or on an honorary basis.

verb (used with object), judged, judg·ing.

to pass legal judgment on; pass sentence on (a person): The court judged him guilty.

to hear evidence or legal arguments in (a case) in order to pass judgment; adjudicate; try: The Supreme Court is judging that case.

to form a judgment or opinion of; decide upon critically: You can't judge a book by its cover.

to decide or settle authoritatively; adjudge: The censor judged the book obscene and forbade its sale.

to infer, think, or hold as an opinion; conclude about or assess: He judged her to be correct.

to make a careful guess about; estimate: We judged the distance to be about four miles.

(of the ancient Hebrew judges) to govern.

verb (used without object), judged, judg·ing.

to act as a judge; pass judgment: No one would judge between us.

to form an opinion or estimate: I have heard the evidence and will judge accordingly.

to make a mental judgment.

Origin of judge

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English jugen < Anglo-French juger, Old French jugier < Latin jūdicāre to judge, equivalent to jūdic- (stem of jūdex) a judge + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English juge < Old French < Latin jūdicem, accusative of jūdex

SYNONYMS FOR judge

1 justice.

2 arbitrator. Judge, referee, umpire refer to one who is entrusted with decisions affecting others. Judge, in its legal and other uses, implies particularly that one has qualifications and authority for giving decisions in matters at issue: a judge appointed to the Supreme Court; a judge in the pie competition. A referee usually examines and reports on the merits of a case as an aid to a court. An umpire gives the final ruling when arbitrators of a case disagree.

3 connoisseur, critic.

10 determine, consider, regard.

13 adjudge, adjudicate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM judge

judge·a·ble, adjective judg·er, noun judge·less, adjective judge·like, adjective

judge·ship, noun judg·ing·ly, adverb re·judge, verb, re·judged, re·judg·ing. sub·judge, noun sub·judge·ship, noun un·der·judge, verb (used with object), un·der·judged, un·der·judg·ing. un·der·judge, noun un·judge·a·ble, adjective un·judged, adjective un·judge·like, adjective un·judg·ing, adjective well-judged, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH judge

judge justice (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby judge

judeo-, judeo-christian, judeo-spanish, judezmo, judg., judge, judge a book by its cover, one can't, judge advocate, judge advocate general, judge lynch, judge not, that ye be not judged

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Judging by the pictures of President Truong Tan Sang and Obama, Vietnam is showing some affection back.

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Judging by his conversation, he was a young man of education.

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He was, I suppose, judging from the imperfect view-point of my sex, what women call "fascinating."

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After several sittings they discovered that they were judging one individual for another.

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He had vainly tried the whimsical experiment of judging of the contents by the sense of touch.

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The young man certainly had a right to be bitter if he chose, judging, at least, by the usual conduct of victims.

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British Dictionary definitions for judging

judge

/ (dʒʌdʒ) /

noun

a public official with authority to hear cases in a court of law and pronounce judgment upon them Compare magistrate (def. 1), justice (def. 5), justice (def. 6) Related adjective: judicial

a person who is appointed to determine the result of contests or competitions

a person qualified to comment critically a good judge of antiques

a leader of the peoples of Israel from Joshua's death to the accession of Saul

verb

to hear and decide upon (a case at law)

(tr) to pass judgment on; sentence

(when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to decide or deem (something) after inquiry or deliberation

to determine the result of (a contest or competition)

to appraise (something) critically

(tr; takes a clause as object) to believe (something) to be the case; suspect

Derived forms of judge

judgeable, adjective judgeless, adjective judgelike, adjective judger, noun

judgingly, adverb

Word Origin for judge

C14: from Old French jugier, from Latin jūdicāre to pass judgment, from jūdex a judge

Idioms and Phrases with judging

judge

In addition to the idiom beginning with judge

judge a book by its cover, one can't

also see:

sober as a judge

Also seejudgment.

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judge

noun

verb (used with object), judged, judg·ing.

verb (used without object), judged, judg·ing.

Origin of judge

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British Dictionary definitions for judging

noun

verb

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judge

noun

verb (used with object), judged, judg·ing.

verb (used without object), judged, judg·ing.

Origin of judge

SYNONYMS FOR judge

OTHER WORDS FROM judge

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH judge

Words nearby judge

Words related to judging

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