judge
Pronunciation
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- (countable) A judge is a person who decides or chooses.
- Synonyms: justice, justice of the peace, moderator, arbitrator, adjudicator, referee, umpire, critic, reviewer and evaluator
- The judge decides cases.
- (countable) (Biblical) A judge is a leader.
- Synonym: leader
- Samson was a judge of Israel.
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- To choose, decide.
- Synonyms: choose, select, decide, rule, conclude, determine, arbitrate, adjudicate, mediate, referee and umpire
- He judged in favor of the defendant.
- To evaluate (decide if something is good or bad).
- They judged the beauty pageant.
- To estimate.
- I would judge that the lake holds a million gallons.