judge Signification, définition

Signification de judge en français

• 0 to consider sth and form an opinion -- juger

  • The building was judged to be unsafe. L’immeuble a été jugé dangereux.

  • a company judged on the quality of its service une société jugée sur la qualité de son service

  • Judging from the look on her face, she didn’t know anything about it. A en juger par/d’après son expression, elle n’en savait rien.

• 1 to guess -- estimer

  • I judged the distance to be about 12 feet. J’estimai la distance à environ 4 mètres.

  • It’s hard to judge when it might end. Il est difficile d’estimer quand cela pourrait se terminer.

• 2 to decide who wins a competition -- juger

  • Essays will be judged on creativity and content. Les essais seront jugés sur leur créativité et leur contenu.

  • The Russian dancer was judged the winner. Le danseur russe a été jugé vainqueur.

• 3 to express an opinion about the quality of sb’s character -- juger

  • You have no right to judge me. Tu n’a aucun droit de me juger.

• 4 to make a decision in a legal case -- juger

  • to judge sb guilty/not guilty juger qqn coupable / non coupable

• 5 used to warn that sth or sb is not always what it appears to be -- il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences

• 6 sb whose job is to sentence criminals and make decisions about legal cases -- juge [ masculine ]

  • a court judge un juge à la cour

  • Judge Jackson le juge Jackson

  • The judge sentenced her to two years. Le juge l’a condamnée à deux ans.

• 7 sb who decides who the winner of a competition is -- juge [ masculine-feminine ]

  • The judges gave her nine out of ten. Les juges lui ont donné neuf sur dix.

• 8 sb who makes a judgment -- juge [ masculine-feminine ]

  • He’s a good judge of character. Il est bon psychologue.

• 9 to hear and try (cases) in a court of law -- juger

  • Who will be judging this case?

• 10 to decide which is the best in a competition etc -- juger, être juge (à)

  • Is she going to judge the singing competition again?

  • Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?

  • Who is judging at the horse show?

• 11 to consider and form an idea of; to estimate -- juger, apprécier

  • You can’t judge a man by his appearance

  • Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps

  • She couldn’t judge whether he was telling the truth.

• 12 to criticize for doing wrong -- juger

  • We have no right to judge him – we might have done the same thing ourselves.

• 13 a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court -- juge

  • The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.

• 14 a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc -- juge

  • The judge’s decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge’s decision)

  • He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.

• 15 a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is -- connaisseur/-euse

  • He says she’s honest, and he’s a good judge of character

  • He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I’m no judge.