judge

/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A person officiating at a sports event or similar.

    At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
  4. 4

    A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

    She is a good judge of wine.

verb

  1. 1

    To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

    A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
  2. 2

    To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

    Justices in this country judge without appeal.
  3. 3

    To form an opinion on.

    I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
  4. 4

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

    We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
  5. 5

    To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

    I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
  6. 6

    To form an opinion; to infer.

    I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
  7. 7

    To criticize or label another person or thing.

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