judge

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From Old French juge (judge (noun)), juger (judge (verb)), ultimately from Latin iūdicō (pass judgement upon), from iūdicem (nominative of iūdex), from iūdex (judge), from iūs (law) + dicus (speaker).

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Singular
judge

Plural
judges

judge (plural judges)

  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 or similar event.
    At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
  4. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
    He is a good judge of wine.

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Infinitive
to judge

Third person singular
judges

Simple past
judged

Past participle
judged

Present participle
judging

to judge (third-person singular simple present judges, present participle judging, simple past and past participle judged)

  1. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
    A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
  2. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
    Justices in this country judge without appeal.
  3. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
    I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
  4. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
    We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
  5. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
    I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
  6. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
    I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
  7. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

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