judge
1. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (Freq. 6) • Syn: justice, jurist • Derivationally related forms: jurisprudence (for: jurist), judicial, judgeship, adjudicate • Hypernyms: official, functionary, adjudicator • Hyponyms: alcalde, chief justice, Daniel, doge, justiciar, justiciary, magistrate, ordinary, praetor, pretor, qadi, recorder, trial judge, trier • Instance Hyponyms: Samson 2. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality (Freq. 3) • Syn: evaluator • Derivationally related forms: judicial, judgeship, evaluate (for: evaluator) • Hypernyms: authority • Hyponyms: appraiser, valuator, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, critic
1. determine the result of (a competition) (Freq. 11) • Derivationally related forms: judgment • Hypernyms: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate • Hyponyms: referee, umpire • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. form a critical opinion of (Freq. 8) - I cannot judge some works of modern art - How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people • Syn: evaluate, pass judgment • Derivationally related forms: judgment, judging, evaluative (for: evaluate) • Hypernyms: think, cogitate, cerebrate • Hyponyms: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place, stand, approve, disapprove, choose, prejudge, measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value, reappraise, reject, accept, think, believe, consider, conceive, calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast, expect, anticipate, impute, ascribe, assign, attribute, declare, adjudge, hold, review, critique, fail, pass, test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something Adjective/Noun - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE 3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) (Freq. 6) - I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds • Syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess • See Also: overestimate (for: estimate), underestimate (for: estimate) • Derivationally related forms: judgment, judging, guess (for: guess), guesser (for: guess), approximative (for: approximate), estimate (for: estimate), estimation (for: estimate) • Hypernyms: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure • Hyponyms: quantize, quantise, misgauge, place, put, set, give, lowball, underestimate, assess, make, reckon, count, truncate, guesstimate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s PP - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE 4. pronounce judgment on (Freq. 1) - They labeled him unfit to work here • Syn: pronounce, label • Derivationally related forms: judgment, label (for: label), pronouncement (for: pronounce) • Hypernyms: declare, adjudge, hold • Hyponyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate, convict, tout, rule, find, qualify, disqualify, intonate, intone • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something Adjective/Noun - Somebody ----s somebody something 5. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of - The football star was tried for the murder of his wife - The judge tried both father and son in separate trials • Syn: adjudicate, try • Derivationally related forms: trier (for: try), trial (for: try), adjudicative (for: adjudicate), adjudicatory (for: adjudicate), judge (for: adjudicate), adjudicator (for: adjudicate), judgment, judiciary • Hypernyms: decide, make up one's mind, determine • Hyponyms: court-martial • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - They want to judge the prisoners
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