judge /juj/ intransitive verb- To act in the capacity of a judge
- To point out or declare what is just or law
- To try cases and decide questions of law, guiltiness, etc
- To pass sentence
- To compare facts to determine the truth
- To form or pass an opinion
- To distinguish
transitive verb- To hear and determine authoritatively
- To sit in judgement on
- To pronounce on the guilt or innocence of
- To sentence
- To decide the merits of
- To find fault with, to censure, condemn
- To decide
- To award
- To estimate
- To form an opinion on
- To conclude
- To consider (to be)
noun- A person who judges
- A person appointed to hear and settle causes, and to try accused persons
- Someone chosen to award prizes, to decide doubtful or disputed points in a competition, etc
- An arbitrator
- Someone who can decide upon the merit of anything
- (in Jewish history) a supreme magistrate having civil and military powers
- Someone capable of discriminating well
- (with cap; in pl) the title of the 7th book of the Old Testament
ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr juger, from L jūdicāre, from jūs law, and dīcere to say, to declare judgeˈment or judgˈment noun - The act of judging
- The comparing of ideas to find out the truth
- The faculty by which this is done, the reason or discernment
- The mental act of establishing a relationship between two terms (logic)
- An opinion formed
- An estimate
- Discrimination, good taste
- A legal verdict or sentence
- Condemnation, doom
- A misfortune thought to be sent as a punishment from God
judgementˈal or judgmentˈal adjective - Involving judgement
- Apt to pass judgement
judgementˈally or judgmentˈally adverb judgeˈship noun The office or function of a judge judge advocate noun The crown-prosecutor at a court martial Judge Advocate General noun (pl Judge Advocates General or Judge Advocate Generals) The civil adviser to the crown on military law, esp courts martial judgeˈ-made adjective (of law) based on decisions of judges judgement call noun A decision based on subjective judgement rather than on objective evidence judgeˈment-day noun (also Judgment Day) the day of God's final judgement on mankind judgeˈment-debt noun A debt validated by a legal judgement judgeˈment-hall noun A hall where a court of justice meets judgement of Solomon noun A judgement intended to call the bluff of the false claimant, like that of Solomon in the Bible, 1 Kings 3.16–28 judgeˈment-seat noun The seat or bench in a court from which judgement is pronounced Judges' Rules plural noun Formerly, in English law, a system of rules governing the behaviour of the police towards suspects, eg the cautioning of a person about to be charged against one's better judgement Contrary to what one believes to be right judgement reserved A decision delayed after the close of a trial (in Scotland, ‘avizandum made’) judgement respited Execution of sentence delayed sit in judgement (on) To consider oneself responsible for judging reserve /ri-zûrvˈ/ transitive verb- To hold back
- To save up, esp for a future occasion or special purpose
- To keep, retain
- To preserve
- To spare
- To set apart
- To book, engage
noun- The keeping of something reserved
- State of being reserved
- That which is reserved
- A reservation
- A reserved store or stock
- A reserve price
- A tract of land reserved for a special purpose
- A public park (Aust and NZ)
- In Canada, a Native American reservation
- A substitute kept in readiness (sport)
- (esp in pl) a military force kept out of action until occasion serves
- (esp in pl) a force not usu serving but liable to be called up when required
- (often pl) resources of physical or spiritual nature available in abnormal circumstances
- Part of assets kept readily available for ordinary demands
- (usu in pl) an unexploited quantity of a mineral (esp oil, gas or coal) calculated to exist in a given area
- (in pl) amounts of gold and foreign currencies held by a country
- (in pl) elements of equity other than the face value of share capital (accounting)
- Artistic restraint
- Restrained manner
- Reticence
- Aloofness
- A secret information withheld (archaic)
- Limitation, restriction
- A mental reservation
adjective- Kept in reserve
- Of a reserve or reserves
ORIGIN: OFr reserver, from L reservāre, from re- back, and servāre to save reservˈable adjective reservāˈtion /rez-/ noun - The act of reserving or keeping back, or keeping for oneself
- An expressed or tacit proviso, limiting condition, or exception
- Something withheld
- A tract of public land reserved for some special purpose, eg for preserving game, forest, etc
- In the USA, an area of land set aside by treaty for the use of a particular Native American tribe or group
- The Pope's retention to himself of the right to nominate to a benefice
- A limitation
- The booking of a seat, room, passage, etc
- A booked seat, room, etc
- The strip of grass, etc between the two roads of a dual carriageway
- A clause of a deed by which a person reserves for himself or herself a right, interest, etc in a property he or she is granting, as that of ordinary rent (law)
- The act of reserving such a right or interest (law)
reservatory /ri-zûrvˈə-tər-i/ noun (obsolete) - A receptacle
- A reservoir
reservedˈ adjective - Reticent
- Uncommunicative
- Aloof in manner
- Booked
- Having the original colour of the surface or background (ceramics)
reservˈedly adverb reservedness /ri-zûrvdˈnis/ noun reservˈer noun reservˈist noun A member of a reserve force reserve bank noun - Any of the US Federal Reserve banks
- A central bank holding reserves for other banks (esp Aust and NZ)
reserve currency noun Any stable and easily convertible foreign currency that a government holds in its foreign exchange reserves and uses to finance a large part of its international trade reserved list noun A list of retired officers in the armed services who may be recalled for active service in the event of war reserved occupation noun Employment of national importance that exempts from service in the armed forces reserved word noun (computing) A word with a specific use in a programming language that cannot therefore be used as an identifier, etc reserve grade noun (Aust) A sporting competition of the second division or rank reserve price noun The minimum price acceptable to the vendor of an article for sale or auction reserve ratio noun (economics) The government-imposed minimum ratio that must be maintained by a bank between its total deposit liabilities and the cash reserves it retains with the central bank judgement reserved see under judge mental reservation A reservation made mentally but not openly expressed reservation of the sacrament The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick without reserve - Frankly, not holding back any information
- Fully, without reservation
- Without restrictions or stipulations regarding sale
- Without a reserve price
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