Definition of judge

noun (n)

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (noun.person)

  Synonym: jurist, justice
  

  source: wordnet30
• an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality (noun.person)

  Synonym: evaluator
  

  source: wordnet30
• A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• determine the result of (a competition) (verb.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• form a critical opinion of (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: evaluate, pass judgment
  

  Example:
  I cannot judge some works of modern art.
  

  source: wordnet30
• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess
  

  source: wordnet30
• pronounce judgment on (verb.communication)

  Synonym: label, pronounce
  

  source: wordnet30
• put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (verb.social)

  Synonym: adjudicate, try
  

  Example:
  The judge tried both father and son in separate trials.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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