judge

«judge» in Mova's school dictionary: the person in charge of a court of law who makes sure… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a judge, judges); verb (judge, judges, judged, judging)

meaning for a pupil

1) A judge is the person in charge of a court of law who makes sure trials are fair and decides punishments. tree →

2) A judge is a person who decides who wins a competition. tree →

3) To judge is to form an opinion about someone or something. tree →

4) To judge a competition is to decide the winner. tree →

5) To judge a distance, size or speed is to estimate it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons, judges work in courts and must be fair and follow the law. In maths, you judge (estimate) whether an answer is reasonable. In road safety, children learn to judge the speed and distance of cars before crossing. In respect lessons, «don't judge a book by its cover» means don't judge people by how they look. Phrases: «judge for yourself», «judge by», «don't judge», «a good judge of», «judging by».

examples

• The judge said the man was guilty. tree →
• The judges chose her painting as the winner. tree →
• Don't judge people by their clothes. tree →
• It is hard to judge how fast a car is going. tree →
• Judging by the clouds, it will rain. tree →
• You can't judge a book by its cover. tree →
• My dad is a judge at the dog show. tree →
• Judge for yourself which answer makes sense. tree →
• "That I promise," said the judge. tree →

note

Plural judges. Noun: judgement (UK) or judgment (USA). The «d» is silent: «juj». Judging other people unkindly is called being «judgemental».

In the corpora

• Judging a whole group, like «the kids from the flats», from one picture is how prejudice starts.
• A public apology is judged by what the person does next; saying sorry in front of millions is hard.
• A good judge would hold firm and explain why.
• It was reported that lawyers in America handed a court past cases that a chatbot had invented, and that the judge fined them.
• It was reported that lawyers in America handed a court cases a chatbot had invented and that the judge fined them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «judge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.