1. (noun)judge, justice, jurist a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
2. (verb)evaluator, judge an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
3. (verb)judge determine the result of (a competition)
4. (verb)evaluate, pass judgment, judge form a critical opinion of "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
5. (verb)estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
6. (verb)pronounce, label, judge pronounce judgment on "They labeled him unfit to work here"
7. (verb)judge, adjudicate, try put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
Definitions of 'judge'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (adj)judge to hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence
2. (adj)judge 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
3. (verb)judge 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
4. (verb)judge 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
5. (verb)judge 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
6. (verb)judge one of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years
7. (verb)judge the title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges
8. (verb)judge 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
9. (verb)judge to hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties
10. (verb)judge to examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom
11. (verb)judge to arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward
12. (verb)judge to determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon
13. (verb)judge to exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern
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