English noun: judge | |||
1. | judge (person) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice | ||
Synonyms | jurist, justice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjudicator, functionary, official | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alcalde, chief justice, Daniel, doge, justiciar, justiciary, magistrate, ordinary, praetor, pretor, qadi, recorder, trial judge, trier | ||
Instance hyponym | Samson | ||
2. | judge (person) an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality | ||
Synonyms | evaluator | ||
Broader (hypernym) | authority | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | appraiser, arbiter, arbitrator, critic, umpire, valuator | ||
English verb: judge | |||
1. | judge (cognition) determine the result of (a competition) | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | referee, umpire | ||
2. | judge (cognition) form a critical opinion of | ||
Samples | I cannot judge some works of modern art. How do you evaluate this grant proposal?. We shouldn't pass judgment on other people. | ||
Synonyms | evaluate, pass judgment | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cerebrate, cogitate, think | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accept, adjudge, anticipate, appraise, approve, ascribe, assess, assign, assign, attribute, attribute, believe, calculate, choose, conceive, consider, count on, critique, declare, disapprove, disapprove, essay, estimate, evaluate, examine, expect, fail, figure, forecast, grade, hold, impute, measure, order, pass, place, prejudge, prove, range, rank, rate, reappraise, reckon, reject, reject, review, stand, test, think, try, try out, valuate, value | ||
3. | judge (cognition) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | ||
Samples | I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds. | ||
Synonyms | approximate, estimate, gauge, guess | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | assess, count, give, guesstimate, lowball, make, misgauge, place, put, quantise, quantize, reckon, set, truncate, underestimate | ||
4. | judge (communication) pronounce judgment on | ||
Samples | They labeled him unfit to work here. | ||
Synonyms | label, pronounce | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjudge, declare, hold | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acquit, assoil, clear, convict, discharge, disqualify, exculpate, exonerate, find, intonate, intone, qualify, rule, tout | ||
5. | judge (social) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | ||
Samples | The football star was tried for the murder of his wife. The judge tried both father and son in separate trials. | ||
Examples | They want to judge the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | adjudicate, try | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | decide, determine, make up one's mind | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | court-martial | ||