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Meaning of 'judge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Judge [ a.]
- To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
- To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3.
2 . Judge [ v. i.]
- A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
- One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.
- A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race.
- One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
- The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
3 . Judge [ v. t.]
- To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.
- To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.
- To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
- To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
- To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
- To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.

Meaning of 'judge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . judge [ v]
Meaning (1):
- form a critical opinion of
Example in sentence:
  • How do you evaluate this grant proposal?;
  • I cannot judge some works of modern art;
  • We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
Meaning (2):
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Example in sentence:
  • I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Meaning (3):
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
Example in sentence:
  • The football star was tried for the murder of his wife;
  • The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
Meaning (4):
- pronounce judgment on
Example in sentence:
  • They labeled him unfit to work here

Nearby Words:

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