judge
/dʒˈʌdʒ/
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Definitions
Noun
a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Noun
an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
Verb
determine the result of (a competition)
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"
Verb
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
Verb
pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
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"
Synonyms
adjudicate
approximate
estimate
evaluate
evaluator
gauge
guess
jurist
justice
label
pass judgment
pronounce
try
More General Terms
adjudge
adjudicate
adjudicator
authority
calculate
cerebrate
cipher
cogitate
compute
cypher
decide
declare
determine
figure
functionary
hold
make up one''s mind
official
reckon
resolve
settle
think
work out
More Specific Terms
accept
acquit
adjudge
alcalde
anticipate
appraise
appraiser
approve
arbiter
arbitrator
ascribe
assess
assign
assoil
attribute
believe
calculate
chief justice
choose
clear
conceive
consider
convict
count
count on
court-martial
critic
critique
Daniel
declare
disapprove
discharge
disqualify
doge
essay
estimate
evaluate
examine
exculpate
exonerate
expect
fail
figure
find
forecast
give
grade
guesstimate
hold
impute
intonate
intone
justiciar
justiciary
lowball
magistrate
make
measure
misgauge
order
ordinary
pass
place
praetor
prejudge
pretor
prove
put
qadi
qualify
quantise
quantize
range
rank
rate
reappraise
reckon
recorder
referee
reject
review
rule
set
stand
test
think
tout
trial judge
trier
truncate
try
try out
umpire
underestimate
valuate
valuator
value