judge

judge¹ W2 [dʒʌdʒ] n

[Date: 1100-1200; : Old French; Origin: juge, from Latin judex]

1.) the official in control of a court who decides how criminals should be punished

▪ The trial judge specifies the number of years to be spent in prison.

federal judge/high court judge etc

(=a judge in a particular court)

2.) someone who decides on the result of a competition

▪ The panel of judges included several well-known writers.

3.) a good/bad judge of sth

someone whose opinion on something is usually right or wrong

▪ Sandra's a very good judge of character.

4.) be the judge (of sth)

to be the person whose opinion on something matters or is accepted

▪ No-one else can say what its value to you is - only you can be the judge of that.

5.) let me be the judge of that

spoken used to tell someone angrily that you do not need their advice

6.) as sober as a judge

someone who is as sober as a judge is not drunk at all

judge ²

judge² W3S2 v past tense and past participle judged present participle judging

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1¦(opinion)¦

2 judging by/from something

3¦(competition)¦

4¦(criticize)¦

5¦(law)¦

6 it's not for somebody to judge

7 as far as I can judge

8 don't judge a book by its cover

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[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: jugier, from Latin judicare, from judex; JUDGE¹]

1.) ¦(OPINION)¦ [I and T]

to form or give an opinion about someone or something after thinking carefully about all the information you know about them

▪ You should never judge a person by their looks.

▪ Judge us on the improvements we make in the economy.

▪ The therapist judged that Margaret had made a serious attempt to kill herself.

▪ pollutants that were judged hazardous to human health

▪ I am in no position to judge whether what she is doing is right or wrong.

▪ The economic results of the reforms are very difficult to judge .

▪ The likelihood of future bombs was impossible to judge .

▪ We judge the success of a product by the number of sales it brings in.

▪ His conduct, judged objectively by what he has done, is dishonest.

▪ Robert wanted to go and help him, but judged it best to stay where he was.

▪ Do not judge her too harshly , as she was very young at the time.

2.) judging by/from sth

used to say that you are making a guess based on what you have just seen, heard, or learned

▪ Judging by his jovial manner he must have enjoyed his meal.

▪ Judging from what you say in your letter, you don't sound well.

3.) ¦(COMPETITION)¦ [I and T]

to decide on the result of a competition

▪ I had the difficult task of judging the competition.

judge sb on sth

▪ Competitors will be judged on speed and accuracy.

4.) ¦(CRITICIZE)¦ [I and T]

to form an opinion about someone, especially in an unfair or criticizing way

▪ He just accepts people for what they are and he doesn't judge them.

5.) ¦(LAW)¦ [T]

to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime in court

6.) it's not for sb to judge

used to say that you do not think someone has the right to give their opinion about something

▪ Was it the right decision? It's not for us to judge.

7.) as far as I can judge

used to say that you think what you are saying is true, but you are not sure

8.) don't judge a book by its cover

used to say that you should not form an opinion based only on the way something looks

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

judge somebody/something by something

judge that

judge somebody/something (to be) something

judge whether/how/what etc

difficult/hard to judge

impossible to judge

judge the success/quality/merits of something

judge something objectively

judge it best/right/proper etc to do something

judge somebody harshly

judge it safe to do something

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