judging Definition

judge
noun

1. A public officer who hears (see hear verb 5) and decides cases in a law court. See also justice noun 4,6.

Thesaurus: magistrate, justice, chancellor, justice of the peace.
2. A person appointed to decide the winner of a contest.
3. Someone qualified to assess something; someone who shows discrimination.

Example: a good judge of character
Thesaurus: moderator, umpire, referee, arbitrator, adjudicator.
4. Someone who decides or assesses.

Example: Let me be the judge of that

verb judged, judging

1. To try (a legal case) in a law court as a judge; to decide (questions of guiltiness, etc).

Thesaurus: adjudge, adjudicate, try, consider.
2. To decide the winner of (a contest).
intr
3. To act as judge or adjudicator.
4. To assess; to form an opinion about something or someone.

Thesaurus: conclude, decide, resolve, appraise, arbitrate, ascertain, assess, determine, estimate, evaluate, mediate, gauge, find, reckon.
5. To estimate.
6. To consider or state something to be the case, after consideration.

Example: judged her fit to travel
7. To criticize someone or something, especially severely; to condemn.

Derivative: judgeship
noun

The office or function of a judge.

Etymology: 14c: from French juge, from Latin judicare to judge.