judge

Plural: judges

Noun

a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.

Verb

Verb Forms: judged, judging, judges

To form an opinion or conclusion about; to decide critically.
determine the result of (a competition)
form a critical opinion of
- "I cannot judge some works of modern art"
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
pronounce judgment on
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
To judicially rule or determine.
To sentence to punishment, to judicially condemn.
To award judicially; to adjudge.
To form an opinion on; to appraise.
To constitute a fitting appraisal or criterion of; to provide a basis for forming an opinion on.
To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
To form an opinion; to infer.
To criticize or label another person or thing; to be judgmental toward.
To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).

Examples

A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
He was judged to die for his crimes.
I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
Justices in this country judge without appeal.
She is a good judge of wine.
They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
You can’t judge a Scrabble play solely on its length; tile values matter more.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English juge, jugge, from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex. Displaced native Middle English deme (from Old English dēma (“judge”)) and demere (from Old English dēmere (“judge”)), see also deemer, deemster.

Synonyms

adjudicate, approximate, estimate, evaluate, evaluator, gauge, guess, jurist, justice, label, pass judgment, pronounce, try, Capital Justiciary, Chief Justiciar, Chief Justiciary, bailiff, chief justice, deemer, deemster, doomsman, justicer, justiciar, justiciary, magistrate, reeve, sheriff

Scrabble Score: 14

judge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
judge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
judge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

judge: valid Words With Friends Word