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JUDGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Synonyms:

evaluator; judge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("judge" is a kind of...):

authority (an expert whose views are taken as definitive)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judge"):

appraiser; valuator (one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things)

arbiter; arbitrator; umpire (someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue)

critic (anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something)

Derivation:

judge (form a critical opinion of)

judge (determine the result of (a competition))

judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

judgeship (the position of judge)

judicial (expressing careful judgment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

Synonyms:

judge; jurist; justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("judge" is a kind of...):

adjudicator (a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes)

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judge"):

trier (one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case)

trial judge (a judge in a trial court)

recorder (a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs)

qadi (an Islamic judge)

praetor; pretor (an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic)

ordinary (a judge of a probate court)

magistrate (a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses))

justiciar; justiciary (formerly a high judicial officer)

doge (formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa)

Daniel (a wise and upright judge)

chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)

alcalde (a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town)

Instance hyponyms:

Samson ((Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah)

Derivation:

adjudicate (bring to an end; settle conclusively)

adjudicate; judge (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)

judgeship (the position of judge)

judicial (decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice)

judicial (relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge)

judicial (belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form a critical opinion of

Example:

We shouldn't pass judgment on other people

Synonyms:

evaluate; judge; pass judgment

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon (judge to be probable)

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

assign; attribute (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme)

disapprove; reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

critique; review (appraise critically)

fail (judge unacceptable)

pass (accept or judge as acceptable)

essay; examine; prove; test; try; try out (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)

stand (have or maintain a position or stand on an issue)

approve (judge to be right or commendable; think well of)

disapprove (consider bad or wrong)

choose (see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way)

prejudge (judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence)

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

reappraise (appraise anew)

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

accept (consider or hold as true)

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

judging (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)

judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine the result of (a competition)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

adjudicate; decide; resolve; settle (bring to an end; settle conclusively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

referee; umpire (be a referee or umpire in a sports competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

Example:

I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds

Synonyms:

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

guesstimate (estimate based on a calculation)

truncate (approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one)

count; reckon (take account of)

make (calculate as being)

assess (estimate the value of (property) for taxation)

lowball; underestimate (make a deliberately low estimate)

give (estimate the duration or outcome of something)

place; put; set (estimate)

misgauge (gauge something incorrectly or improperly)

quantise; quantize (approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

judge (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

judging; judgment (the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pronounce judgment on

Example:

They labeled him unfit to work here

Synonyms:

judge; label; pronounce

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges)

convict (find or declare guilty)

tout (advertize in strongly positive terms)

find; rule (decide on and make a declaration about)

qualify (pronounce fit or able)

disqualify (declare unfit)

intonate; intone (speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

Example:

The judge tried both father and son in separate trials

Synonyms:

adjudicate; judge; try

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "judge" is one way to...):

decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "judge"):

court-martial (subject to trial by court-martial)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to judge the prisoners

Derivation:

judge (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)

judgment ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)

judgment (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision)

judiciary (persons who administer justice)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Don't raise your voice, for they have long ears—sharp eyes, too, but no power of scent, so far as I could judge, so I don't think they can sniff us out.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, is it not unjust, and unlike you, to judge him from what you saw of me the other night?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When John comes back, and I see them together, I can judge better of her feelings toward him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Judge Scott shook his head sadly at luncheon table, when his son narrated the lesson he had given White Fang.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But everybody is to judge for themselves, and the Lucases are a very good sort of girls, I assure you.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He sees not as man sees, but far clearer: judges not as man judges, but far more wisely.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I dare not say anything of it; you will read for yourself and judge.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Judge Miller’s place, it was called.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“I wish you to judge for me entirely,” was the reply.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I could only judge that all had perished, and my heart smote me sorely that I had not been there to perish with them.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)