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noun applies the law ADJ. experienced | learned | senior | presiding, trial | deputy | appeal (court), appellate, circuit, county court, district, federal, High Court, Supreme Court VERB + JUDGE be, sit as By next year you could be sitting as a High Court judge. | appoint (sb as) JUDGE + VERB preside, sit Which judge will be sitting next week? | call sb The judge called the remaining witness for the Crown. | direct sb The judge must direct the jury on points of law. | consider sth | accept sth, admit sth The judge admitted the notes of the interview as evidence. | dismiss sth, refuse sth, reject sth The trial judge dismissed her compensation claim. | conclude sth, decide sth, find sth, hold sth, rule sth, uphold sth The judge held that the company had been negligent. | sum up The judge summed up and the jury retired to consider its verdict. | sentence sb | order sth The judge ordered the company to pay compensation to the claimant. | award (sb) sth, grant (sb) sth The judge awarded him damages of £20,000. decides who has won a competition ADJ. competition | independent QUANT. panel a panel of independent judges VERB + JUDGE choose sb/sth, decide sth PHRASES the judges' decision The judges' decision on the entries is final. has the ability/knowledge to give an opinion ADJ. astute, good, great, shrewd You are the best judge of what your body needs. a shrewd judge of character | poor | impartial PREP. ~ of He is a good judge of footballing talent., verb ADV. correctly, rightly | wrongly I think I judged the distance wrongly. | fairly, properly | harshly I think you're judging her rather harshly. | objectively | beautifully, carefully, finely, nicely, perfectly, well Their performance of the concerto was beautifully judged and finely controlled. ‘There's something I haven't told you.’ She judged her words carefully. The bowler judged it well, timing the ball to perfection. | accordingly Those who preach intolerance should be judged accordingly. VERB + JUDGE be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to | be able to, be in a position to I am in no position to judge whether what she is doing is right or wrong. | learn to learning to judge distances PREP. according to He believed that schools should be judged according to strictly academic criteria. | against judging his own performance against the performance of others | by You will be judged by the work you have produced over the year. | from The age of the furniture can be judged from the type of wood used. | on Your slogan will be judged on its originality and style. PHRASES criteria for judging People use different criteria for judging success at school. | don't judge a book by its cover (figurative) (= don't judge sth by how it looks), judge by appearances, judging by/from sth He seems to have been a popular person, judging by the number of people at his funeral. | to judge by/from To judge from what she said, she was very disappointed. | judge for youself Readers are left to judge for themselves whether McCrombie is hero or villain. | judge sth on its merits Each painting must be judged on its own merits.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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judge
to form an opinion about someone or something, using your knowledge, experience, and intelligence:
• He will judge whether the project has been a success. • It’s difficult to judge how long the work will take.
assess
to judge how good, bad, successful etc someone or something is, especially by using a fixed set of standards. Assess is often used about measuring students’ abilities and performance:
• Are tests and exams the best way to assess students’ progress? • The insurance company will send someone to assess the damage.
evaluate
to judge how good, bad, successful etc someone or something is, especially by carefully examining all the information about them. Evaluate is often used about the work of people doing research:
• The data from the study is still being evaluated. • The test is used to evaluate the effects of pesticides on domestic bees.
gauge
( also gage American English ) formal to judge people’s opinions or feelings about something, or to measure the effect, importance etc of something. Gauge is often used when talking about getting a general idea of what something is like:
• A meeting was arranged in order to gauge the opinions of pupils, parents and teachers. • It's too early to gauge the impact of the oil price rises on people’s spending. • Without further information it is impossible to gauge the full extent of the problem.
appraise
formal to judge how successful, effective etc someone or something is, especially by comparing their good and bad points:
• Twice a year, managers appraise the performance of employees. • This research aims to appraise the effectiveness of different kinds of public sector financial assistance. • On what basis will a teacher be appraised?
Longman-Thesaurus
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be difficult/hard to judge
• The economic results of the reforms are difficult to judge.
be impossible to judge
• How much this affected their children was impossible to judge.
judge somebody harshly
(= in a severe or unkind way )
• Do not judge her too harshly; she was very young at the time.
judge something correctly
• It takes a lot of experience to judge correctly what is needed.
judge something a success/failure
(= consider it to be a success/failure )
• The concert was judged a success.
judge something on its merits
(= according to what you see when you look at it, rather than what people tell you )
• The arguments should be judged on their merits.
judge something on the basis of something
(= by considering something )
• It is difficult to judge progress on the basis of a single day.
judge it best/better to do something
(= think that something is the best thing to do )
• Robert wanted to go and help him, but judged it best to stay where he was.
judge it safe to do something
(= consider that it is safe to do something )
• He listened for some time before judging it safe to go downstairs.
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