Judge

Meaning

Judge means to form an opinion about someone or something after considering the available information. As a noun, a judge is a person who makes decisions in a court of law or evaluates a competition.

Pronunciation

/dʒʌdʒ/

Word Forms

• Base form: judge
• Past tense: judged
• Past participle: judged
• Present participle: judging
• Noun: judgment / judgement
• Noun: judge

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common Collocations

• judge someone — to form an opinion about someone's character or behavior.
• judge by appearances — to form an opinion based only on what someone or something looks like.
• judge fairly — to make a decision without unfair bias.
• judge a competition — to evaluate participants and decide their results.
• judge a case — to make a legal decision about a case in court.
• judge someone harshly — to form a particularly critical opinion about someone.

Example Sentences

• It is unfair to judge someone before hearing their side of the story.
• She never judges people by their appearance.
• The panel will judge the competition tomorrow.
• The judge listened carefully to both sides of the case.
• You should not judge a book by its cover.

Literary Example

Example:

“Every mother is a judge who sentences the children for the sins of the father.”

— Rebecca West, The Judge

Here, judge is used metaphorically. It describes someone who evaluates another person's actions and passes a moral judgment on them.

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