Complete Definition of "judge"

wikipedia|dab=Judge (disambiguation)|Judge
English

Etymology
From OF. term|juge||judge (noun)|langfro, term|jugier||judge (verb)|langfro, ultimately from L. term|judicare|langla, term|judicem|langla, from term|jus||law|langla + term|dicus||speaker|langla.

Pronunciation
IPA|/d��d�/, SAMPA|/dZVdZ/, enPR|jŭj
audio|en-us-judge.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�d�

Noun
en-noun

  1. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
  2. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  3. A person officiate|officiating at a sports or similar event.

#: At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.

  1. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.

#: He is a good judge of wine.

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Synonyms
i-c|official of the court justice, sheriff

Derived terms
sober as a judge
Translations
trans-top|public judicial official
Bosnian: t-|bs|sudija|m
Catalan: jutge m
Croatian: t-|hr|sudac|m
Czech: t-|cs|soudce|m
Dutch: t+|nl|rechter|m|f
Finnish: t-|fi|tuomari
French: t+|fr|juge|m|f
German: t+|de|Richter|m, t-|de|Richterin|f
Greek:
Italian: t+|it|giudice
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Latin: t-|la|iudex|m
ttbc|Malay: hakim
Portuguese: t+|pt|juiz|m, t-|pt|juíza|f
Russian: ��д�� (sud�já) m|f
Serbian:

Slovene: sodnik m, sodnica f
Spanish: t+|es|juez|m
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trans-top|someone deciding another�s fate
Bosnian: t-|bs|sudija|m
Croatian: t-|hr|sudac|m
Dutch: t+|nl|rechter|m|f
Finnish: t-|fi|tuomari
French: t+|fr|juge|m|f
German: t+|de|Richter|m, t-|de|Richterin|f
trans-mid
Latin: t-|la|iudex|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|juiz|m, t-|pt|juíza|f
Russian: ��д�� (sud�já) m|f
Serbian:

Slovene: razsodnik m, sodnik m, sodnica f
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trans-top|sports official
Bosnian: t-|bs|sudija|m
Catalan: àrbitre m
Croatian: t-|hr|sudac|m
Dutch: t|nl|scheidsrechter|m|f
Finnish: t-|fi|tuomari
French: t+|fr|arbitre|m|f
German: t+|de|Schiedsrichter|m
Greek: t+|el|κ�ι�ή�|c|trkritís|scGrek
Italian: t+|it|giudice, t-|it|arbitro
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Portuguese: t+|pt|juiz|m, t-|pt|juíza|f
Russian: ��д�� (sud�já) m|f
Serbian:

Slovene: sodnik m, sodnica f
Spanish: t-|es|árbitro|m
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trans-top|someone with valued opinions
Dutch: t|nl|kenner|m, t|nl|beoordelaar|m
Finnish: tuntija, asiantuntija
Greek: t-|el|γν���η�|c|trgnóstis|scGrek
Italian: t+|it|intenditore
trans-mid
Latin: existimator m
Portuguese: t-|pt|julgador|m, t-|pt|julgadora|f
Russian: ��д�� (sud�já) m|f
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ttbc|Albanian: gjyqtar m
ttbc|Breton: barner m
ttbc|Esperanto: ju�isto
ttbc|Hungarian: bíró
ttbc|Japanese: ��� (������, saibánkan)
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ttbc|Norwegian: dommer m
ttbc|Novial: judikere, judikiste
ttbc|Telugu: న�యాయమ�ర�తి (nyaayamoorti)
ttbc|Turkish: hakim|hâkim, yargıç
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Verb
en-verb|judg|ing

  1. transitive To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

#: A higher power will judge you after you are dead.

  1. intransitive To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

#: Justices in this country judge without appeal.

  1. transitive To form an opinion on.

#: I judge a man�s character by the cut of his suit.

  1. intransitive To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

#: We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.

  1. transitive To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

#: I judge it safe to leave the house once again.

  1. intransitive To form an opinion; to infer.

#: I judge from the sky that it might rain later.

  1. intransitive The act of criticize|criticizing or labeling another person or thing.

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Related terms
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abjudge
abjudicate
adjudicate
mid2
judgment
judicator
judicial
judiciary

Translations
trans-top|sit in judgment on, pass sentence on
Bosnian: t-|bs|suditi, t-|bs|osuditi, t-|bs|presuditi
Catalan: jutjar
Croatian: t-|hr|suditi, t-|hr|osuditi, t-|hr|presuditi
Dutch: t-|nl|oordelen
French: t+|fr|juger
Ancient Greek: κ�ίν� (krin�)
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Portuguese: t-|pt|julgar
Russian: ��ди�� (sudít') impf
Serbian:

Slovene: soditi
Spanish: t-|es|juzgar
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trans-top|sit in judgment on, act as judge
Bosnian: t-|bs|suditi
Catalan: jutjar
Croatian: t-|hr|suditi
Czech: t-|cs|soudit
Dutch: t-|nl|oordelen, t|nl|rechtspreken
French: t+|fr|juger
Ancient Greek: κ�ίν� (krin�)
trans-mid
Portuguese: t-|pt|julgar
Russian: ��ди�� (sudít') impf
Serbian:

Slovene: soditi
Spanish: t-|es|juzgar
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trans-top|form an opinion on
Ancient Greek: κ�ίν� (krin�)
Dutch: t+|nl|beoordelen
French: t+|fr|juger
trans-mid
Portuguese: t-|pt|julgar
Russian: ��ди�� (sudít') impf
Slovene: soditi
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trans-top|arbitrate, to pass opinion on something
Ancient Greek: κ�ίν� (krin�)
Dutch: t-|nl|oordelen, t|nl|bemiddelen
French: t+|fr|juger
trans-mid
Portuguese: t-|pt|julgar
Russian: �а���ди�� (rassudít') pf
Slovene: razsoditi
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trans-top|have as an opinion, consider, suppose
Dutch: t-|nl|oordelen, t+|nl|achten, t+|nl|houden t+|nl|voor
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trans-top|form an opinion, infer
Dutch: t-|nl|oordelen, t+|nl|afleiden, t+|nl|schatten
trans-mid
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trans-top|act of criticizing or labeling another person or thing
Dutch: t+|nl|beoordelen, t+|nl|veroordelen
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ttbc|Albanian: gjykon
ttbc|Breton: barn
ttbc|Esperanto: ju�i
ttbc|German: urteilen (1), richten (1), beurteilen (2), verurteilen (4)
ttbc|Hungarian: ítél
ttbc|Italian: giudicare
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ttbc|Japanese: ���� (������, handan suru)
ttbc|Latin: iudicare, arbitrari
ttbc|Norwegian: dømme, avgjøre
ttbc|Novial: judika
ttbc|Turkish: hükmektmek, yargıya varmak
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