Judge - Definition
judge
n 1: a public official authorized to decide questions brought
before a court of justice [syn: judge, justice,
jurist]
2: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality [syn:
evaluator, judge]
v 1: determine the result of (a competition)
2: form a critical opinion of; "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, judge]
3: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn:
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge]
4: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
[syn: pronounce, label, judge]
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: judge, adjudicate, try]