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1. (n.) judge
a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
2. judge
a person appointed to decide in a contest or matter at issue.
3. judge
a person qualified to pass critical judgment:
a good judge of horses.
4. judge
an administrative head of Israel in the period between the death of Joshua and the accession to the throne by Saul.
5. (v.t.) judge
to pass legal judgment on:
The court judged him not guilty.
6. judge
to hear evidence or legal arguments in (a case) in order to pass judgment; try.
7. judge
to form a judgment or opinion of:
to judge a book by its cover.
8. judge
to decide or settle authoritatively:
The censor judged the book obscene.
9. judge
to infer, think, or hold as an opinion.
10. judge
to make a careful guess about; estimate:
I judged the distance to be about two miles.
11. judge
to act as a judge in (a contest or competition).
12. judge
(of the ancient Hebrew judges) to govern.
13. (v.i.) judge
to act as a judge; pass judgment.
14. judge
to form an opinion or estimate.
Etymology: (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)
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| Definition of 'judge' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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1. (verb) judge
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.
2. judge
judging by/from
to guess
I judged the distance to be about 12 feet.; It's hard to judge when it might end.
3. judge
judge how/what/when/where etc.
to decide who wins a competition
Essays will be judged on creativity and content.; The Russian dancer was judged the winner.
4. judge
to express an opinion about the quality of sb's character
You have no right to judge me.
5. judge
to make a decision in a legal case
to judge sb guilty/not guilty
6. judge
don't judge a book by its cover
used to warn that sth or sb is not always what it appears to be
7. (noun) judge
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.
8. judge
sb who decides who the winner of a competition is
The judges gave her nine out of ten.
9. judge
sb who makes a judgment
He's a good judge of character.
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| Definition of 'judge' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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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| Definitions of 'judge' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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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.
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Sense: to hear and try (cases) in a court of law
Who will be judging this murder case?
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 Afrikaans: oordeel, ag, beskou, regs |
 Arabic: يَقْضي، يُصْدِرُ حُكْماً |
 Bulgarian: гледам дело |
 Brazilian: julgar |
 Czech: soudit |
 German: Recht sprechen |
 Danish: dømme |
 Greek: δικάζω |
 Spanish: juzgar |
 Estonian: kohut mõistma |
 Farsi: دادرسی کردن |
 Finnish: tuomita |
 French: juger |
 Hebrew: לִשפּוֹט |
 Hindi: निर्णय लेना |
 Croatian: suditi |
 Hungarian: tárgyal |
 Indonesian: mengadili |
 Icelandic: dæma |
 Italian: giudicare |
 Japanese: 裁判する |
 Korean: (법정에서) 재판하다 |
 Lithuanian: teisti, spręsti |
 Latvian: tiesāt |
 Malay: menghakimi |
 Dutch: rechtspreken |
 Norwegian: dømme |
 Polish: sądzić |
 Persian: دادرسی کردن |
 Pashto: قاضى.حكم،قضاوت كوونكى |
 Portuguese: julgar |
 Romanian: a judeca |
 Russian: судить |
 Slovak: súdiť |
 Slovenian: soditi |
 Serbian: suditi |
 Swedish: döma, vara domare |
 Thai: ตัดสินความ |
 Turkish: yargılamak, muhakeme etme |
 Taiwanese: 審理, 判決 |
 Ukrainian: судити |
 Urdu: مقدمے کی سماعت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: xét xử |
 Chinese: 审理，判决 |
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