judge

B1 Topic:Law & Government

Also spelled jedge and jedged

US /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #969

Meanings

1

noun
An official who controls a court of law and decides how criminals should be punished.

The judge sentenced him to two years in prison.
2

verb
To form an opinion about someone or something.

Don't judge people by their appearance.
3

noun
A person who decides the winner in a competition.

The judges gave her the highest score.
4

noun
A person who is good at forming opinions about something.

She is a good judge of character.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an official who controls a... justice magistrate

2 verb · to form an opinion about... evaluate assess

3 noun · a person who decides the... referee umpire

More doomsmanjudgjusticer justiciar justiciary

Opposites

nonjudge

Word family

Forms judgedjudgesjudging

Derived forms forejudgeforjudgeill-judgedinterjudgeintrajudgejudge-madejudge-rapporteurjudgeablejudgecraftjudgedomjudgefuljudgeless

Related forms abjudgeabjudicateadjudicate arbiter arbitrator classify deem judgmentjudicatorjudicial judiciary magistrate

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judge advocate
a military legal officer who advises on law or handles military court cases

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Simplified etymology

Judge has been recorded in English since the Middle Ages and ultimately comes from a Latin word based on jus, “law,” and dicere, “to say.”

Etymology

From Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre. Doublet of judicate. Mostly displaced native deem.

*h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European jugen Middle English juger xno jugier Old French iūdicō Latin

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Topics

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# judge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 969

## Meanings
1. An official who controls a court of law and decides how criminals should be punished.
2. To form an opinion about someone or something.
3. A person who decides the winner in a competition.
4. A person who is good at forming opinions about something.

## Examples
- The judge sentenced him to two years in prison.
- Don't judge people by their appearance.
- The judges gave her the highest score.
- She is a good judge of character.

## Synonyms
- doomsman
- judg
- justice
- justicer
- justiciar
- justiciary

## Antonyms
- nonjudge

## Derived Forms
- forejudge
- forjudge
- ill-judged
- interjudge
- intrajudge
- judge-made
- judge-rapporteur
- judgeable
- judgecraft
- judgedom
- judgeful
- judgeless

## Related Forms
- abjudge
- abjudicate
- adjudicate
- arbiter
- arbitrator
- classify
- deem
- judgment
- judicator
- judicial
- judiciary
- magistrate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂yew-
- Root: jugen
- Root: juger
- Root: jugier
- Root: iūdicō

## Etymology
From Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre. Doublet of judicate. Mostly displaced native deem.

## AI Etymology
Judge comes from Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre. Doublet of judicate. Mostly displaced native deem. The historical line also includes *h₂yew- and iūdicō.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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