judge
1. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
justice, jurist
• Derivationally related forms:
jurisprudence (for: jurist), judicial, judgeship, adjudicate
• Hypernyms:
official, functionary, adjudicator
• Hyponyms:
alcalde, chief justice, Daniel, doge, justiciar,
justiciary, magistrate, ordinary, praetor, pretor, qadi,
recorder, trial judge, trier
• Instance Hyponyms:
Samson
2. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
evaluator
• Derivationally related forms:
judicial, judgeship, evaluate (for: evaluator)
• Hypernyms:
authority
• Hyponyms:
appraiser, valuator, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, critic
1. determine the result of (a competition) (Freq. 11)
• Derivationally related forms:
judgment
• Hypernyms:
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
• Hyponyms:
referee, umpire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. form a critical opinion of (Freq. 8)
- I cannot judge some works of modern art
- How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
• Syn:
evaluate, pass judgment
• Derivationally related forms:
judgment, judging, evaluative (for: evaluate)
• Hypernyms:
think, cogitate, cerebrate
• Hyponyms:
rate, rank, range, order, grade,
place, stand, approve, disapprove, choose, prejudge,
measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value,
reappraise, reject, accept, think, believe, consider,
conceive, calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure,
forecast, expect, anticipate, impute, ascribe, assign,
attribute, declare, adjudge, hold, review, critique,
fail, pass, test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) (Freq. 6)
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
• Syn:
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess
• See Also:
overestimate (for: estimate), underestimate (for: estimate)
• Derivationally related forms:
judgment, judging, guess (for: guess), guesser (for: guess), approximative (for: approximate), estimate (for: estimate), estimation (for: estimate)
• Hypernyms:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure
• Hyponyms:
quantize, quantise, misgauge, place, put,
set, give, lowball, underestimate, assess, make,
reckon, count, truncate, guesstimate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
4. pronounce judgment on (Freq. 1)
- They labeled him unfit to work here
• Syn:
pronounce, label
• Derivationally related forms:
judgment, label (for: label), pronouncement (for: pronounce)
• Hypernyms:
declare, adjudge, hold
• Hyponyms:
acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate,
exculpate, convict, tout, rule, find, qualify,
disqualify, intonate, intone
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s somebody something
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
• Syn:
adjudicate, try
• Derivationally related forms:
trier (for: try), trial (for: try), adjudicative (for: adjudicate), adjudicatory (for: adjudicate), judge (for: adjudicate), adjudicator (for: adjudicate), judgment, judiciary
• Hypernyms:
decide, make up one's mind, determine
• Hyponyms:
court-martial
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to judge the prisoners
|
|
