judge
determine the result of (a competition)
How often you will meet it
Rank 815 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,339 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- determine the result of (a competition)
- form a critical opinion of also: evaluate, pass judgment I cannot judge some works of modern artHow do you evaluate this grant proposal?
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) also: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
- pronounce judgment on also: pronounce, label They labeled him unfit to work here
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of also: adjudicate, try The football star was tried for the murder of his wifeThe judge tried both father and son in separate trials
noun
- a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice also: justice, jurist
- an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality also: evaluator
judge in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It is not for me to judge him.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I hardly ever do it, so I'm not a good judge.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Who is their so ignorant as not to judge of my dreadful condition?
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The four of us cowered instantly under the archway, rigid, except for the old judge and his convulsion of merriment.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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In Louisiana, near New Orleans, in July, 1893, Roselius Julian, a colored man, shot and killed a white judge, named Victor Estopinal.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1