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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 yvlog 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
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of judge1
yvlog 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
Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court on Monday to toss out the judge’s order, or at a minimum, put it on hold temporarily.
However, according to broadcaster VTM the judge acknowledged that the prince should actually be entitled to a pension - but said gaps in legislation made that impossible and called for the law to be amended.
US Solicitor General D John Sauer wrote in his court filing: "The United States does not control the sovereign nation of El Salvador, nor can it compel El Salvador to follow a federal judge's bidding."
A judge approved a notification order for Aswat, meaning authorities should be kept up to date with details such as his address.
A High Court judge then ordered its disclosure to BBC News, the Guardian and the Independent.
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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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