Definitions for judgedʒʌdʒ

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

judgedʒʌdʒ(n.; v.)judged, judg•ing.

(n.)a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Category: Law
a person appointed to decide in a contest or matter at issue.
a person qualified to pass 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.
Category: Bible
(v.t.)to pass legal judgment on:
The court judged him not guilty.
to hear evidence or legal arguments in (a case) in order to pass judgment; try.
to form a judgment or opinion of:
to judge a book by its cover.
to decide or settle authoritatively:
The censor judged the book obscene.
to infer, think, or hold as an opinion.
to make a careful guess about; estimate:
I judged the distance to be about two miles.
to act as a judge in (a contest or competition).
(of the ancient Hebrew judges) to govern.
Category: Bible
(v.i.)to act as a judge; pass judgment.
to form an opinion or estimate.

Origin of judge:

1175–1225; (n.) ME juge < OF < L jūdicem, acc. of jūdex=jūs law, right +-dex (see index ); (v.) ME jugen < OF jugier < L jūdicāre, der. of jūdex

judge′ship(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

judge, justice, jurist(noun)
a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
evaluator, judge(verb)
an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
judge(verb)
determine the result of (a competition)
evaluate, pass judgment, judge(verb)
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"
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge(verb)
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
pronounce, label, judge(verb)
pronounce judgment on
"They labeled him unfit to work here"
judge, adjudicate, try(verb)
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"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

judge(verb)ʒʌdʒ
to consider sth and form an opinion
The building was judged to be unsafe.; a company judged on the quality of its service; Judging from the look on her face, she didn't know anything about it.
judgeʒʌdʒ
to guess
I judged the distance to be about 12 feet.; It's hard to judge when it might end.
judgeʒʌdʒ
to decide who wins a competition
Essays will be judged on creativity and content.; The Russian dancer was judged the winner.
judgeʒʌdʒ
to express an opinion about the quality of sb's character
You have no right to judge me.
judgeʒʌdʒ
to make a decision in a legal case
to judge sb guilty/not guilty
judgeʒʌdʒ
used to warn that sth or sb is not always what it appears to be
judge(noun)ʒʌdʒ
sb whose job is to sentence criminals and make decisions about legal cases
a court judge; Judge Jackson; The judge sentenced her to two years.
judgeʒʌdʒ
sb who decides who the winner of a competition is
The judges gave her nine out of ten.
judgeʒʌdʒ
sb who makes a judgment
He's a good judge of character.

Wiktionary

judge(Noun)
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
judge(Noun)
A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
judge(Noun)
A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
judge(Noun)
A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
He is a good judge of wine.
judge(Verb)
To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
judge(Verb)
To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
Justices in this country judge without appeal.
judge(Verb)
To form an opinion on.
I judge a manu2019s character by the cut of his suit.
judge(Verb)
To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
judge(Verb)
To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
judge(Verb)
To form an opinion; to infer.
I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
judge(Verb)
To criticize or label another person or thing.

Origin: From juge, juger, ultimately from iudico, from iudicem, from iudex, from ius + dicus.

Webster Dictionary

Judge(verb)
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
Judge(verb)
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
Judge(verb)
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
Judge(verb)
one of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years
Judge(verb)
the title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges
Judge(adj)
to hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence
Judge(adj)
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
Judge(verb)
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
Judge(verb)
to hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties
Judge(verb)
to examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom
Judge(verb)
to arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward
Judge(verb)
to determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon
Judge(verb)
to exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern

The Roycroft Dictionary

judge
1. A man with ankylosis of the ego, who is jealous of the stenographer for sufficient reasons. 2. One who learns law from lawyers and is excluded from the game, getting his in honors.