English Explanatory Dictionary

judge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
verb
  1. To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
  2. To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
  3. To judicially rule or determine.
  4. To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.
  5. To award judicially; to adjudge.
  6. To form an opinion on; to appraise.
  7. To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on.
  8. To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
  9. To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
  10. To form an opinion; to infer.
  11. To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
  12. To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. epithet of God or Jesus in his role as supreme arbiter
  3. A male given name of rare usage
  4. A placename
  5. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, named after Edward Judge.
  6. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, named for a local judge who owned the town site.
noun
  1. The title of a judge.

Pronunciation

jŭj /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ en-us-judge.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-judge.wav

Word forms

judge judges judg iudge judging judged

Etymology

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

doomsman judg judge justice justicer justiciar justiciary magistrate chief justice Chief Justiciar Capital Justiciary Chief Justiciary sheriff bailiff reeve deemer deemster rule on try adjudge adjudicate arbitrate deem doom hear settle make a decision choose up decide determine find posken make up one's mind take a decision work out sit in judgement sentence convict condemn damn evaluate rate appraise apprise apprize assess esteem price prize valuate value weigh worthen hold regard as account count see censure consider

Antonyms

nonjudge

Related words

arbiter arbitrator Justice of the Peace magistrate classify deem match official abjudge abjudicate adjudicate judgment judicator judicial judiciary prejudice Justice

Derived words

activist judge be judge and jury chief judge fighting little judge the East German judge goal judge grave as a judge hanging judge interjudge intrajudge Judge judge advocate judgecraft judgedom judgeful judge, jury and executioner judgeless judgelike judgeling judgely judge-made judge-made law judge of fact judge-rapporteur Judges judgeship judgess judgy Judgy McJudgerson lay judge learned judge line judge multijudge nonjudge no one should be judge in his own cause postjudge purple judge red judge sober as a judge sub-judge tell it to the judge touch judge don't judge a book by its cover forejudge forjudge ill-judged judgeable judge a book by its cover judger misjudge never judge a book by its cover nonjudged overjudge rejudge underjudge unjudge unjudgeable unjudged you can't judge a book by its cover

Translations

Bulgarian: експе́рт Bulgarian: експе́ртка Bulgarian: арби́тър Bulgarian: арби́търка Czech: znalec Dutch: kenner Dutch: beoordelaar Finnish: tuntija Finnish: asiantuntija French: juge Georgian: მსაჯული Georgian: მსაჯი German: Kenner Greek: γνώστης Hungarian: szakértő Icelandic: dómbær Icelandic: sérfróður Icelandic: hafa gott vit á Icelandic: hafa vit á Italian: intenditore Latin: exīstimātor Portuguese: julgador Portuguese: julgadora Russian: судья́ Russian: экспе́рт Russian: знато́к Russian: цени́тель Sicilian: spertu Spanish: experto Swahili: jaji Swedish: kännare Ukrainian: експе́рт Ukrainian: знаве́ць Ukrainian: знато́к Ukrainian: ціни́тель Ukrainian: цінува́льник Ukrainian: цінува́ч Walloon: kinoxheu Walloon: kinoxheuse Arabic: حَكَمَ Arabic: حكم Aragonese: chudgar Aromanian: giudic Asturian: xulgar Asturian: xuzgar Basque: epaitu Bulgarian: осъждам Catalan: jutjar Chinese Mandarin: 判決 /判决 Chinese Mandarin: 判定 Ngazidja Comorian: uhukumu Czech: soudit Dutch: oordelen Dutch: bemiddelen Esperanto: juĝi Ewe: drɔ̃ ʋɔnu Faroese: døma Finnish: tuomita Finnish: arvioida Finnish: harkita French: juger French: trancher Friulian: judicâ Galician: xulgar Georgian: განსჯა Georgian: განაჩენის გამოტანა Georgian: სჯა German: richten German: ein Urteil fällen über German: entscheiden German: schlichten German: vermitteln Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 Greek: δικάζομαι Ancient Greek: κρίνω Haitian Creole: jije Hindi: बिचार Hungarian: elbírál Hungarian: ítéletet mond Hungarian: dönt Hungarian: döntést hoz Hungarian: bíráskodik Ingrian: suutia Ingrian: suuvvita Interlingua: judicar Italian: giudicare Khmer: កាត់ក្តី Latin: iūdicō Latvian: tiesāt Lithuanian: teisti Norman: jugi Norwegian Nynorsk: døma Occitan: jutjar Old English: dēman Old Saxon: ādōmian Polish: osądzić Polish: osądzać Polish: wyrokować Portuguese: julgar
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