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Meaning of judge

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

judge

Pronunciation:/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/

noun

Definitions

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

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

  3. A person officiating at a sports event or similar.

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

  4. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

    Example: She is a good judge of wine.

judge

Pronunciation:/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

    Example: A higher power will judge you after you are dead.

  2. To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

    Example: Justices in this country judge without appeal.

  3. To form an opinion on.

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

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

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