judge  /dʒʌdʒ/

noun

1. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

synset: judge, justice, jurist

2. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

synset: evaluator, judge

verb

1. determine the result of (a competition)

synset: judge

2. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

synset: evaluate, pass_judgment, judge

3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

synset: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge

4. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

synset: pronounce, label, judge

5. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

synset: judge, adjudicate, try

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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