judge

Noun

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, a contest, or similar; referee.
4. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
5. (historical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.

Verb

1. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
2. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
3. (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To award judicially; to adjudge.
6. (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on.
8. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
9. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
10. (ambitransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
11. (ambitransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
12. (ambitransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: juge

Inherited from Middle English: jugen

In summary

From Middle English juge, jugge, from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex. Displaced native Middle English deme (from Old English dēma (“judge”)) and demere (from Old English dēmere (“judge”)), see also deemer, deemster.

Synonyms

decide

estimate

assess

evaluate

consider

magistrate

think

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adjudicate

umpire

appraise

arbitrator

justice

deem

gauge

referee

determine

criticize

try

rule

sentence

regard

arbiter

value

rate

arbitrate

assay

adjudge

appreciate

connoisseur

condemn

examiner

esteem

lawyer

guess

reckon

suppose

reason

review

examine

believe

weigh

like

indict

calculate

count

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figure

accuse

ponder

jurist

charge