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1. Determine the result of (a competition)
    
2. Form a critical opinion of
   "I cannot judge some works of modern art"
   - evaluate, pass judgment
    
3. Form an estimate of (quantities or time)
   "I judge this chicken to weigh three pounds"
   - estimate, gauge, approximate, guess
    
4. Pronounce judgment on
   - pronounce, label
    
5. Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
   "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
   - adjudicate, try

1. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
   - justice, jurist
    
2. An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
   - evaluator

Derived forms: judging, judged, judges

See also: adjudicate, judgeship, judging, judgment, judicial, judiciary

Type of: adjudge, adjudicate, adjudicator, authority, calculate, cerebrate, cipher, cogitate, compute, cypher, decide, declare, determine, figure [N. Amer], functionary, hold, make up one's mind, official, reckon, resolve, settle, think, work out

Encyclopedia: Judge Judge, Ecclesiastical