judge
noun [ C ]
uk/dʒʌdʒ/ us LAW
a person who is in charge of a court of law and who makes final decisions in legal disagreements:
All three judges found him guilty of professional misconduct.
a High Court/Supreme Court judge
someone who decides who should win a competition:
A panel of judges chose six team projects as winners.
See also
bankruptcy judge
circuit judge
district judge
federal judge
judge
verb
uk/dʒʌdʒ/ us [ I or T ]
to decide whether you think someone or something is good, bad, effective, etc.:
Long-term investors have experience in judging risk.
judging from/by sth Judging by the opinion polls, support for the mainstream right has hardly changed.
judge whether/how/what Delegates must try to judge whether countries are meeting their quotas of greenhouse gas reductions.
be judged to be/have Crops that are judged to have an overall benefit will be approved for planting.
[ T ]
to decide who should win a competition:
The same criteria are used to judge all contestants.
[ T ] LAW
to make a final decision in a legal disagreement:
be judged guilty/innocent of sth A disciplinary hearing judged them guilty of "gross misconduct".
be judged to have done/be sth The company was judged to have broken antitrust laws and now faces a fine.
I want the book to be judged on its merits, not on my reputation.