judge

Pronunciation

• enPR: jŭj, IPA ^(key): /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular judge

Plural judges

A cartoon of a judge (right) giving a punishment to a man (left)

1. (countable) A judge is a person who decides or chooses.
   • Synonyms: justice, justice of the peace, moderator, arbitrator, adjudicator, referee, umpire, critic, reviewer and evaluator

   The judge decides cases.

2. (countable) (Biblical) A judge is a leader.
   • Synonym: leader

   Samson was a judge of Israel.

Derived terms

• judgment
• Final Judgment
• Judgment Day

Verb

Plain form judge

Third-person singular judges

Past tense judged

Past participle judged

Present participle judging

1. To choose, decide.
   • Synonyms: choose, select, decide, rule, conclude, determine, arbitrate, adjudicate, mediate, referee and umpire

   He judged in favor of the defendant.

2. To evaluate (decide if something is good or bad).
   • Synonyms: test, evaluate and assess

   They judged the beauty pageant.

3. To estimate.
   • Synonyms: estimate, guess, consider, say, assess and think

   I would judge that the lake holds a million gallons.

Related words

• court
• just
• defendant
• plaintiff
• claim
• lawsuit
• case
• law
• lawyer
• attorney
• courtroom
• bailiff
• witness
• stand
• witness stand
• criminal
• innocent
• not guilty
• guilty
• acquit
• convict