Betekenis van judge In het Nederlands

• 0 a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on legal matters:

  • a British high-court judge

  • a US Supreme Court judge

• 1 the person who officially decides who is the winner of a competition:

  • a panel of judges

  • She's such a bad judge of character.

  • "I really don't think you should have another drink." "I'll be/Let me be the judge of that (= I am able to make my own decision about that)."

• 2 to form, give, or have as an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, especially after thinking carefully:

  • So far, he seems to be handling the job well, but it's really too soon to judge.

  • [ + question word ] It's difficult to judge whether the new system really is an improvement.

  • The meeting was judged (to have been) a success.

  • You shouldn't judge by/on appearances alone.

  • I'm hopeless at judging distance(s) (= guessing how far it is between places).

  • You have no right to judge other people because of what they look like or what they believe.

  • I've been asked to judge the children's poetry competition.

  • Judging by what he said, I think it's very unlikely that he'll be able to support your application.

• 3 a person who is in charge of a court of law:

  • The judge dismissed the charge after a preliminary hearing.

• 4 a person who is qualified to form or give an opinion about something:

  • a good judge of character

• 5 to have or give an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, esp. after thinking carefully:

  • [ I ] He seems to be handling the job well, but it’s really too soon to judge.

  • [ + question word ] It’s hard to judge how old he is.

  • [ T ] I’m hopeless at judging distances (= guessing how far it is between places).

  • [ T ] What gives you the right to judge people (= decide how good or bad they are)?

  • Judging by their home, they seem to be quite wealthy.

• 6 a person who is in charge of a court of law and who makes final decisions in legal disagreements:

  • All three judges found him guilty of professional misconduct.

  • a High Court/Supreme Court judge

• 7 someone who decides who should win a competition:

  • A panel of judges chose six team projects as winners.

• 8 to decide whether you think someone or something is good, bad, effective, etc.:

  • Long-term investors have experience in judging risk.

  • judging from/by sth Judging by the opinion polls, support for the mainstream right has hardly changed.

  • judge whether/how/what Delegates must try to judge whether countries are meeting their quotas of greenhouse gas reductions.

  • be judged to be/have Crops that are judged to have an overall benefit will be approved for planting.

• 9 to decide who should win a competition:

  • The same criteria are used to judge all contestants.

• 10 to make a final decision in a legal disagreement:

  • be judged guilty/innocent of sth A disciplinary hearing judged them guilty of "gross misconduct".

  • be judged to have done/be sth The company was judged to have broken antitrust laws and now faces a fine.

  • I want the book to be judged on its merits, not on my reputation.