judge
noun
1. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Similar word(s): jurist, justice
Definition categories: person, adjudicator, functionary, official
2. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
Similar word(s): evaluator
Definition categories: person, authority
Sentences with judge as a noun:
- At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
- He is a good judge of wine.
verb
1. determine the result of (a competition)
Definition categories: cognition, adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle
2. form a critical opinion of
- I cannot judge some works of modern art
Similar word(s): evaluate
Definition categories: cognition, cerebrate, cogitate, think
3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Similar word(s): overestimate, underestimate, approximate, estimate, gauge, guess
Definition categories: cognition, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon
4. pronounce judgment on
Similar word(s): label, pronounce
Definition categories: communication, adjudge, declare, hold
5. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
Similar word(s): adjudicate, try
Definition categories: social, decide, determine
Sentences with judge as a verb:
- A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
- Justices in this country judge without appeal.
- I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
- We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
- I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
- I judge from the sky that it might rain later.