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judge

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EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • enPR: jŭj, IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English juge, jugge, borrowed from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex. Displaced native Old English dēma.

NounEdit

judge (plural judges)

  2. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
    • 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
      The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
  3. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  4. A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar.
    At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
  5. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
    She is a good judge of wine.
    They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
  6. A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
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DescendantsEdit
  • → Assamese: জজ (zoz)
  • → Bengali: জজ (jôj)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: जज (jaj)
    Urdu: جج‎ (jaj)
  • → Oriya: ଜଜ୍ (jôj)
  • → Tamil: ஜட்ஜி (jaṭji)
  • → Telugu: జడ్జ (jaḍja)
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Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre.

Mostly displaced native deem.

VerbEdit

judge (third-person singular simple present judges, present participle judging, simple past and past participle judged)

  1. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
    A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
  2. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
    Justices in this country judge without appeal.
  3. (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.
    He was judged to die for his crimes.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To award judicially; to adjudge.
  6. (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.
    I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on.
  8. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
    We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
  9. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
    I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
  10. (transitive, intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
    I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
  11. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
    • 1993, Aerosmith, Livin' on the Edge
      There's something wrong with the world today; the light bulb's getting dim.
      There's meltdown in the sky.
      If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin,
      Mister, you're a better man than I
  12. (transitive, intransitive) To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of judge
infinitive judge
present participle judging
past participle judged
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I judge we judge I am judging we are judging I have judged we have judged I have been judging we have been judging
you judge you judge you are judging you are judging you have judged you have judged you have been judging you have been judging
he judges they judge he is judging they are judging he has judged they have judged he has been judging they have been judging
past I judged we judged I was judging we were judging I had judged we had judged I had been judging we had been judging
you judged you judged you were judging you were judging you had judged you had judged you had been judging you had been judging
he judged they judged he was judging they were judging he had judged they had judged he had been judging they had been judging
future I will judge we will judge I will be judging we will be judging I will have judged we will have judged I will have been judging we will have been judging
you will judge you will judge you will be judging you will be judging you will have judged you will have judged you will have been judging you will have been judging
he will judge they will judge he will be judging they will be judging he will have judged they will have judged he will have been judging they will have been judging
conditional I would judge we would judge I would be judging we would be judging I would have judged we would have judged I would have been judging we would have been judging
you would judge you would judge you would be judging you would be judging you would have judged you would have judged you would have been judging you would have been judging
he would judge they would judge he would be judging they would be judging he would have judged they would have judged he would have been judging they would have been judging
imperative judge
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