[
US
/ˈdʒədʒ/
]
[ UK /dʒˈʌdʒ/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈʌdʒ/ ]
NOUN
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
VERB
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds -
pronounce judgment on
They labeled him unfit to work here -
form a critical opinion of
How do you evaluate this grant proposal?
We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
I cannot judge some works of modern art -
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
The football star was tried for the murder of his wife - determine the result of (a competition)
How To Use judge In A Sentence
- He judged the present situation badly.
- Although alcoholism remains the number one dependency problem among judges and lawyers, the face of addiction continues to change.
- The mock-up design featured access by ramps to all raised spaces, including the judge's bench, witness stand, jury box, and clerk stations.
- Interestingly, some jurists even asserted that judges who rely on a coerced confession in a criminal conviction are to be held liable for the wrongful conviction.
- The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
- The judge's decision will allow the case to move ahead.
- One might be optimistic and say that, given it's their job to judge a book by the words on the page rather than by the stushie surrounding it, one can expect them to be more concentrated in the category of detached shruggers; one can expect a higher standard of scrutiny, surely. Hype Hype Hoorah!
- We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner.
- The story of the guilt-ridden woman who knows she can never be a good enough mother is beautifully judged in its mixture of comedy and depression.
- Judges don't have to shoot from the hip. They have the leisure to think, to decide.
