Judge - English meaning

verb

Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.

Usage examples:

The committee must assess the relative importance of the issues

verb

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To decide the quality or importance of something

Usage examples:

A college is going to assess a student’s ability based on grades., government officials assessed th…

noun

A bird's horny projecting jaws; a bill.

Usage examples:

A parent bird with a caterpillar in its beak

noun

A magistrate or a schoolmaster.

Usage examples:

In order to help out i moved from the fines court to the magistrates court next door and went up be…

noun

The hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth

Usage examples:

Birds use their beaks to pick up food.

verb

Accept that (something) is true, especially without proof.

Usage examples:

The superintendent believed lancaster's story

verb

To think that something is true or correct

Usage examples:

[ t ] one juror said he didn’t believe the policeman’s testimony., [ + (that) clause ] she believed…

verb

To think that something is true, correct, or real

Usage examples:

Strangely, no one believed us when we told them we'd been visited by a creature from mars., [ + tha…

verb

Bring or come to an end.

Usage examples:

They conclude their study with these words

verb

To cause something to end, or to end

Usage examples:

[ t ] she concluded her remarks by thanking her supporters., [ i ] i’d like to conclude with a song…

verb

To have a particular opinion about something after thinking carefully about it

Usage examples:

Conclude that analysts concluded that borrowing costs were at or very near their peak., the study c…

noun

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

Usage examples:

Conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied

verb

Form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.

Usage examples:

Many conjectured that the jury could not agree

noun

An opinion or judgment that is not based on proof; a guess

Usage examples:

[ u ] what lay behind the decision is open to conjecture., [ + that clause ] some employees conject…

verb

Think carefully about (something), typically before making a decision.

Usage examples:

Each application is considered on its merits

verb

To think about a particular subject or thing or about doing something or about whether to do something

Usage examples:

Consider clara barton, who founded the american red cross., we considered moving to california, but…

verb

To spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision

Usage examples:

Don't make any decisions before you've considered the situation., [ + question word ] have you cons…

verb

Come or bring to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration.

Usage examples:

She decided that she liked him

verb

Reach, make, or come to a conclusion about something

verb

To choose between one possibility or another

Usage examples:

[ t ] i decided i would try it., [ + to infinitive ] in the end, we decided to go to the theater., …

verb

Arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning; draw as a logical conclusion.

Usage examples:

Little can be safely deduced from these figures

verb

To reach an answer by thinking about a general truth and its relationship to a specific situation

Usage examples:

[ + question word ] in an attempt to deduce what happened to the jet, investigators are looking at …

verb

To reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts

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Deduce something from something we cannot deduce very much from these figures., [ + that ] the poli…

verb

Regard or consider in a specified way.

Usage examples:

The event was deemed a great success

verb

To consider or judge

Usage examples:

The president asked congress for authority to take whatever steps he deemed necessary, including th…

verb

To consider or judge something in a particular way

Usage examples:

[ + obj + noun/adj ] the area has now been deemed safe., [ + noun/adj ] we will provide help whene…

verb

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.

Usage examples:

It will be her mental attitude that determines her future

verb

Find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry

verb

To control or influence directly; to decide

Usage examples:

[ t ] we should be allowed to determine our own future., [ t ] eye color is genetically determined.…

verb

Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.

Usage examples:

The aim is to estimate the effects of macroeconomic policy on the economy

noun

An approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

Usage examples:

At a rough estimate, staff are recycling a quarter of paper used

verb

Judge tentatively

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Usage examples:

This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb

Assemble or get together

noun

An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.

Usage examples:

A fuel gauge

verb

The position of a sailing ship to windward ( the weather gage ) or leeward ( the lee gage ) of another.

Usage examples:

The french fleet was heavily outnumbered but had the weather gage

verb

To calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device

Usage examples:

Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature., i tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box.

verb

Estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.

Usage examples:

She guessed the child's age at 14 or 15

noun

An estimate or conclusion formed by guessing.

Usage examples:

My guess is that within a year we will have a referendum

verb

To give an answer to a question when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be certain if you are right

Usage examples:

[ i ] i didn’t know the answer, so i had to guess., [ + (that) clause ] he guessed (that) she was a…

noun

A prostitute.

exclamation

An expression of surprise, admiration, triumph, or derision.

Usage examples:

Ho! i'll show you

abbreviation

House.

verb

Deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Usage examples:

From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing

verb

To reach an opinion from available information or facts

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] he inferred that she was not interested in a relationship from what she said in h…

verb

To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have

Usage examples:

Infer something from something what do you infer from her refusal?, [ + that ] i inferred from her …

noun

An expert in or writer on law.

Usage examples:

In addition to the more traditional skills such as governance experts, economists, jurists and so o…

noun

An expert in law, esp. a judge

noun

An expert in law

noun

Just behaviour or treatment.

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A concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people

noun

The condition of being morally correct or fair

Usage examples:

He accused the police of false arrest and demanded justice., the criminal justice system, a justice…

noun

The system of laws within a country or state by which people are judged and punished

Usage examples:

The decision was welcomed as a great day for the british justice system., prosecutors alleged that …

noun

A civil officer who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

Usage examples:

It is clear that the magistrates heard a great deal of factual evidence and had regard to that.

noun

A judge in a law court who deals with crimes that are not serious

noun

A judge, often, in the uk, one without legal training, in a law court that deals with crimes that are not serious

Usage examples:

Appear before/be brought before a magistrate he appeared before a federal magistrate in new orleans…

noun

An apparatus for recording sound, pictures, or data.

Usage examples:

I was talking away into my recorder

noun

A musical instrument consisting of a wooden tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to vary the notes and played by blowing into one end, or this type of instrument generally

noun

A local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in anglo-saxon england.

Usage examples:

Anglo-norman england was ‘governed’ by local officers: the sheriff and the reeve, based within the …

verb

Thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture.

Usage examples:

One end of the new rope was reeved through the chain

noun

A female ruff.

verb

Utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or intention, or an instruction.

Usage examples:

‘thank you,’ he said

exclamation

Used to express surprise or to draw attention to a remark or question.

Usage examples:

Say, did you notice any blood?

noun

An opportunity for stating one's opinion or feelings.

Usage examples:

She let him have his say

verb

Perceive with the eyes; discern visually.

Usage examples:

In the distance she could see the blue sea

noun

The place in which a cathedral church stands, identified as the seat of authority of a bishop or archbishop.

Usage examples:

He was elected to fill the vacant see

verb

Past of see1.

noun

(in england and wales) the chief executive officer of the crown in a county, having various administrative and judicial functions.

Usage examples:

In a letter the procurator fiscal raised no objection to this, but in court the crown argued, and t…

verb

Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

Usage examples:

He surmised that something must be wrong

noun

A supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it.

Usage examples:

Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed

verb

To decide that something is true without having complete information or proof

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] i quickly surmised (that) my dinner companion was something of a bore.

noun

A substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office.

Usage examples:

She served as a surrogate for the president on a trip to south america

adjective

Relating to the birth of a child or children by means of surrogacy.

Usage examples:

Paperwork that will allow them to move forward with the surrogate process

noun

Someone or something that replaces or is used instead of someone or something else; a substitute for another

Usage examples:

She seems to regard him as a surrogate for her father.

verb

Communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.

Usage examples:

I told her you were coming

noun

(especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.

Usage examples:

But i think you could waste a poker lifetime looking for tells like those.

noun

(in the middle east) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements.

Usage examples:

He narrowly escaped being blown up by a mine when he was exploring a tell outside the city.

noun

The part of a country’s government that is responsible for its legal system and that consists of all the judges in its courts of law

noun

The part of a country's government that is responsible for its legal system and which consists of all the judges in the country's courts of law

Usage examples:

We need a judiciary that protects the rights of all our citizens., public confidence in the rule of…

verb

Have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something.

Usage examples:

She thought that nothing would be the same again

noun

An act of thinking.

Usage examples:

I went for a walk to have a think

Judge or regard; look upon; judge

noun

The ability to see something or to be seen from a particular place.

Usage examples:

The end of the tunnel came into view

verb

Look at or inspect.

Usage examples:

The public can view the famous hall with its unique staircase

noun

What you can see from a particular place, or the ability to see from a particular place

Usage examples:

[ u ] she turned a corner and disappeared from view., [ c ] our room had spectacular views of the m…