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10.5 judge...<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=judge<br />

n. 1 justice, magistrate, jurist, Isle of Man deemster or<br />

dempster, Slang Brit beak: The judge demanded order in the<br />

court. 2 arbitrator, arbiter, umpire, referee, adjudicator,<br />

judicator, mediator, moderator: She served as a judge at Crufts<br />

dog show last year. 3 connoisseur, expert, authority, arbiter,<br />

appraiser, evaluator, reviewer, critic, arbiter elegantiarum or<br />

elegantiae: Let me be the judge of which work I do best.<br />

--v. 4 adjudicate, adjudge, arbitrate, decide, find, conclude,<br />

settle, determine, decree, pass judgement, deem, rule, pronounce<br />

or pass sentence: Do you think the jury will judge in Claus's<br />

favour? 5 assess, evaluate, appraise, estimate, rate, value,<br />

weigh, measure, review, consider, size up, appreciate: A<br />

ballistics expert is required to judge this evidence. 6<br />

referee, umpire, mediate, moderate, arbitrate: Mr Farnsworth<br />

agreed to judge the essay competition. 7 believe, suspect,<br />

think, consider, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise, conclude,<br />

infer: Palaeontologists judge the age of the specimens to be<br />

400 million years.<br />

judgement n. 1 judgment, discretion, discernment, discrimination,<br />

judiciousness, prudence, wisdom, wit, sagacity, perspicacity,<br />

clear-headedness, perception, perspicuousness, percipience,<br />

acumen, intelligence, (good) sense, common sense,<br />

level-headedness, understanding, shrewdness: Charlotte's<br />

judgement is often sought in such matters. 2 decision, ruling,<br />

verdict, conclusion, determination, opinion, adjudication,<br />

finding, decree, order; outcome, result, upshot: The judgement<br />

of the court is final. It was the judgement of Paris to award<br />

the golden apple to Aphrodite. 3 criticism, censure,<br />

disapproval, reproof, condemnation: They offered a moral, not a<br />

legal judgement. 4 opinion, view, belief, (way of) thinking,<br />

mind, perception; sentiment: In my judgement, she is innocent.<br />

5 evaluation, valuation, appraisal, estimation, assessment: One<br />

critic's unfavourable judgement of a play can spell its doom.<br />

judicial adj. 1 legal, judiciary, judicatory, juridic(al); official:<br />

forensic: A formal judicial procedure can be quite costly. 2

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