JUDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judge mean? 

• JUDGE (noun)
  The noun JUDGE has 2 senses:

1. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

2. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

  Familiarity information: JUDGE used as a noun is rare.

• JUDGE (verb)
  The verb JUDGE has 5 senses:

1. determine the result of (a competition)

2. form a critical opinion of

3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

4. pronounce judgment on

5. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

  Familiarity information: JUDGE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

judge; jurist; justice

Hypernyms ("judge" is a kind of...):

adjudicator (a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes)

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judge"):

trial judge (a judge in a trial court)

trier (one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case)

recorder (a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs)

qadi (an Islamic judge)

praetor; pretor (an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic)

ordinary (a judge of a probate court)

justiciar; justiciary (formerly a high judicial officer)

doge (formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa)

Daniel (a wise and upright judge)

magistrate (a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses))

chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)

alcalde (a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town)

Instance hyponyms:

Samson ((Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah)

Derivation:

adjudicate (bring to an end; settle conclusively)

adjudicate; judge (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)

judgeship (the position of judge)

judicial (decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice)

judicial (relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge)

judicial (belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

evaluator; judge

Hypernyms ("judge" is a kind of...):

authority (an expert whose views are taken as definitive)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judge"):

arbiter; arbitrator; umpire (someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue)

critic (anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something)

appraiser; valuator (one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things)

Derivation:

judge (determine the result of (a competition))

judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

judgeship (the position of judge)

judicial (expressing careful judgment)

judge (form a critical opinion of)

• JUDGE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Determine the result of (a competition)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

adjudicate; decide; resolve; settle (bring to an end; settle conclusively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

referee; umpire (be a referee or umpire in a sports competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Form a critical opinion of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

evaluate; judge; pass judgment

Context example:

We shouldn't pass judgment on other people

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon (judge to be probable)

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

assign; attribute (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme)

disapprove; reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

critique; review (appraise critically)

fail (judge unacceptable)

pass (accept or judge as acceptable)

essay; examine; prove; test; try; try out (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

accept (consider or hold as true)

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)

stand (have or maintain a position or stand on an issue)

approve (judge to be right or commendable; think well of)

disapprove (consider bad or wrong)

choose (see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way)

prejudge (judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence)

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

reappraise (appraise anew)

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

judging (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge

Context example:

I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

guesstimate (estimate based on a calculation)

truncate (approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one)

count; reckon (take account of)

give (estimate the duration or outcome of something)

make (calculate as being)

assess (estimate the value of (property) for taxation)

lowball; underestimate (make a deliberately low estimate)

place; put; set (estimate)

misgauge (gauge something incorrectly or improperly)

quantise; quantize (approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

judging; judgment (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pronounce judgment on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

judge; label; pronounce

Context example:

They labeled him unfit to work here

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges)

convict (find or declare guilty)

tout (advertize in strongly positive terms)

find; rule (decide on and make a declaration about)

qualify (pronounce fit or able)

disqualify (declare unfit)

intonate; intone (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

adjudicate; judge; try

Context example:

The judge tried both father and son in separate trials

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

court-martial (subject to trial by court-martial)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to judge the prisoners

Derivation:

judge (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)

judgment ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)

judgment (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision)

judiciary (persons who administer justice)

 Context examples 

But when did she judge amiss?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

We have no means of judging.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I should say that he has been dead about three hours, judging by the rigidity of the muscles,” said I.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Well, it is not for me to judge you,” said Holmes as the old man signed the statement which had been drawn out.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She judged it to be a form of St. Vitus's dance, and she feared the extent to which its ravages might go.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

In any other place Sir Walter might judge for himself; and would be looked up to, as regulating the modes of life in whatever way he might choose to model his household.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The thought came to him that he was not a good judge of his own work.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Crawfords were more warm on the subject than Mr. Yates, from better understanding the family, and judging more clearly of the mischief that must ensue.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It seems when it comes to your performance, if you had judges like the ones at the Olympics, you’d be getting all perfect 10s!

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“I shall pay you whatever you judge your delay and trouble to be worth.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)