judgenoun [ C ]
uk/dʒʌdʒ/us/dʒʌdʒ/judge noun [ C ] (PERSON)
B2 a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on legal matters:
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- The judge reminded the witness that she was under oath.
- The judge will pronounce sentence on the defendant this afternoon.
- In Britain, judges wear white wigs in court.
- She wrote an article attacking the judges and their conduct of the trial.
- He shouted abuse at the judge after being sentenced to five years imprisonment.
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Judges & juries
- beak
- bench
- challenge
- chief justice
- court of inquiry
- dismiss
- empanel
- foreman
- instruct
- jurist
- juror
- jury service
- justice
- Justice of the Peace
- rule
- set sth aside
- sheriff
- sum
- sum up
- worship
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judge noun [ C ] (DECIDE)
B1 the person who officially decides who is the winner of a competition:
C2 a person who has the knowledge to give an opinion about something or is able to decide if someone or something is good or bad:
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Refereeing & judging in sport
- adjudicate
- adjudicator
- assistant referee
- booking
- caution
- fair play
- fourth official
- jury
- linesman
- ref
- referee
- score
- scorekeeper
- scorer
- sending off
- umpire
- video technology
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judgeverb [ I or T ]
uk/dʒʌdʒ/us/dʒʌdʒ/B1 to form, give, or have as an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, especially after thinking carefully:
C2 to express a bad opinion of someone's behaviour, often because you think you are better than them:
C1 to officially decide who will be the winner of a competition:
B2 used to express the reasons why you have a particular opinion:
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- You shouldn't judge people by their external appearances .
- Not everyone judges success by the same standards - some people think happiness is more important than money.
- The competition will be judged by a panel of experts.
- There are various points to look out for when you're judging dogs in a competition.
- I can't really be objective when I'm judging my daughter's work.
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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