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judge
[ juhj ]
noun
- a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
Synonyms:
- a person appointed to decide in any competition, contest, or matter at issue; authorized arbiter:
the judges of a beauty contest.
Synonyms:
- a person qualified to pass a critical judgment:
a good judge of horses.
Synonyms: ,
- 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)
- 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.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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)
- to act as a judge; pass judgment:
No one would judge between us.
Synonyms: ,
- to form an opinion or estimate:
I have heard the evidence and will judge accordingly.
- to make a mental judgment.
judge
/ ʌ /
noun
- a public official with authority to hear cases in a court of law and pronounce judgment upon them Compare magistrate justice justice 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
- ˈܻ岵ˌ, adjective
- ˈܻ岵Բ, adverb
- ˈܻ岵, noun
- ˈܻ岵, adjective
- ˈܻ岵, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܻ岵·· adjective
- ܻ岵· noun
- ܻ岵· adjective
- ܻ岵· adjective
- ܻ岵· noun
- ·ܻ岵 verb rejudged rejudging
- ܲ·ܻ岵 noun
- sub·ܻ岵· noun
- ܲ··ܻ岵 verb (used with object) underjudged underjudging
- ܲ··ܻ岵 noun
- un·ܻ岵·· adjective
- ܲ·ܻ岵 adjective
- un·ܻ岵· adjective
- well-judged adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of judge1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of judge1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with judge , also see sober as a judge . Also see judgment .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"The post-election protest process preserves the fundamental right to vote in free elections 'on equal terms,'" the judges wrote in the opinion, citing legal precedent.
Human rights groups say judges are under political control, and Turkish democracy is being eroded, year on year.
On Friday Sharkey was handed a two year prison term, suspended for two years, after a judge concluded her post-natal depression had impaired her judgement so severely the case "called for compassion" rather than punishment.
The judge said "the consequences have been devastating".
A mother who killed her newborn baby boy in 1998 while in the grip of severe post-natal depression has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence after a judge decided the case "called for compassion".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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