judge
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.
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.
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
1synonym study For judge
Other words for judge
Other words from judge
- judge·a·ble, adjective
- judg·er, noun
- judge·less, adjective
- judge·like, adjective
- judge·ship, noun
- 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
- well-judged, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for judge
/ (dʒʌdʒ) /
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
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
Origin of judge
1Derived forms of judge
- judgeable, adjective
- judgeless, adjective
- judgelike, adjective
- judger, noun
- judgingly, adverb
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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