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[1] a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
[2] a person appointed to decide in any competition, contest, or matter at issue; authorized arbiter: the judges of a beauty contest.
[3] a person qualified to pass a critical judgment: a good judge of horses.
[4] an administrative head of Israel in the period between the death of Joshua and the accession to the throne by Saul.
[5] (especially in rural areas) a county official with supervisory duties, often employed part-time or on an honorary basis.
[6] to pass legal judgment on; pass sentence on (a person): The court judged him guilty.
[7] to hear evidence or legal arguments in (a case) in order to pass judgment; adjudicate; try: The Supreme Court is judging that case.
[8] to form a judgment or opinion of; decide upon critically: You can't judge a book by its cover.
[9] to decide or settle authoritatively; adjudge: The censor judged the book obscene and forbade its sale.
[10] to infer, think, or hold as an opinion; conclude about or assess: He judged her to be correct.
[11] to make a careful guess about; estimate: We judged the distance to be about four miles.
[12] (of the ancient Hebrew judges) to govern.
[13] to act as a judge; pass judgment: No one would judge between us.
[14] to form an opinion or estimate: I have heard the evidence and will judge accordingly.
[15] to make a mental judgment.
[16] Alan L(aVern), born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
[17] Roy Judge , 1825?–1903, U.S. frontiersman and justice of the peace: called himself “the law west of the Pecos.”
[18] a public official with authority to hear cases in a court of law and pronounce judgment upon them Compare magistrate (def. 1), justice (def. 5), justice (def. 6) Related adjective: judicial
[19] a person who is appointed to determine the result of contests or competitions
[20] a person qualified to comment critically a good judge of antiques
[21] a leader of the peoples of Israel from Joshua's death to the accession of Saul
[22] to hear and decide upon (a case at law)
[23] (tr) to pass judgment on; sentence
[24] (when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to decide or deem (something) after inquiry or deliberation
[25] to determine the result of (a contest or competition)
[26] to appraise (something) critically
[27] (tr; takes a clause as object) to believe (something) to be the case; suspect
[28] any of various leguminous plants of the widely cultivated genus Phaseolus producing edible seeds in pods See French bean, lima bean, scarlet runner, string bean
[29] any of several other leguminous plants that bear edible pods or seeds, such as the broad bean and soya bean
[30] any of various other plants whose seeds are produced in pods or podlike fruits
[31] the seed or pod of any of these plants
[32] any of various beanlike seeds, such as coffee
[33] US and Canadian slang another word for head
[34] cool beans slang excellent; impressive
[35] not have a bean slang to be without money I haven't got a bean
[36] full of beans informal full of energy and vitality US mistaken; erroneous
[37] spill the beans informal to disclose something confidential
[38] mainly US and Canadian slang (tr) to hit (a person) on the head

Words related to Judge

referee, court, expert, justice, authority, critic, inspector, try, draw, resolve, determine, conclude, evaluate, review, appreciate, criticize, assess, put, examine, derive

Words nearby Judge

judeo-, judeo-christian, judeo-spanish, judezmo, judg., judge, judge a book by its cover, one can't, judge advocate, judge advocate general, judge lynch, judge not, that ye be not judged

Origin of Judge

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English jugen < Anglo-French juger, Old French jugier < Latin jūdicāre to judge, equivalent to jūdic- (stem of jūdex ) a judge + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English juge < Old French < Latin jūdicem, accusative of jūdex

Words that may be confused with Judge

judge, justice, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Judge

judge·a·ble , adjective
judg·er , noun
judge·less , adjective
judge·like , adjective
judge·ship , noun
judg·ing·ly , adverb
re·judge , verb, re·judged, re·judg·ing.
sub·judge , noun
sub·judge·ship , noun
un·der·judge , verb (used with object), un·der·judged, un·der·judg·ing.
un·der·judge , noun
un·judge·a·ble , adjective
un·judged , adjective
un·judge·like , adjective
un·judg·ing , adjective
well-judged , adjective

Word origin for Judge

beanOld English bēan ; related to Old Norse baun , Old Frisian bāne , Old High German bōna bean

Synonyms for Judge

authority, court, critic, expert, inspector, justice, referee, adjudicator, appraiser, arbiter, assessor, bench, chancellor, conciliator, evaluator, honor, intercessor, intermediary, interpreter, judiciary, magistrate, marshal, moderator, negotiator, ombudsman, peacemaker, reconciler, umpire, warden, justice of peace, legal official, magister