judge

B1
Pronunciation
/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

2 Definition

A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.

3 Definition

A person officiating at a sports event or similar.

Example Sentences
  • At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
4 Definition

A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

Example Sentences
  • She is a good judge of wine.
Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

Example Sentences
  • A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
2 Definition

To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

Example Sentences
  • Justices in this country judge without appeal.
3 Definition

To form an opinion on.

Example Sentences
  • I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
4 Definition

To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

Example Sentences
  • We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
5 Definition

To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

Example Sentences
  • I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
6 Definition

To form an opinion; to infer.

Example Sentences
  • I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
7 Definition

To criticize or label another person or thing.