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PASS JUDGMENT

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 I. (verb) 

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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 "pass judgment" 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 "pass judgment"):

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

pass (accept or judge as acceptable)

fail (judge unacceptable)

critique; review (appraise critically)

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

disapprove; reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)

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

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

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

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

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

accept (consider or hold as true)

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

reappraise (appraise anew)

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

prejudge (judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence)

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

disapprove (consider bad or wrong)

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

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

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