0 past simple and past participle of judge --
1 to form, give, or have as an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, especially after thinking carefully: --
Judging by what he said, I think it's very unlikely that he'll be able to support your application.
I've been asked to judge the children's poetry competition.
You have no right to judge other people because of what they look like or what they believe.
I'm hopeless at judging distance(s) (= guessing how far it is between places).
You shouldn't judge by/on appearances alone.
[ + question word ] It's difficult to judge whether the new system really is an improvement.
So far, he seems to be handling the job well, but it's really too soon to judge.
She also wanted to be judged as a writer pure and simple: the critics compare her to black writers, not to the whole field.
Deviations from that ideal are perceived as flaws and judged critically.
It should be recognized that a sample of 40 trustees is small, especially when judged against social science conventions.
These were not arcane debates, but the stuff of community interest, likely to move citizens when constitutions were judged by popular vote.
The adequacy of the (hemoconcentrated) volume replaced from the pump via the arterial cannula is judged by monitoring the left atrial pressure continuously during ultrafiltration.
During the succeeding reunion, the infant stilled against the parent with eyes dazed for over 1 full min, and was, of course, judged disorganized.
This area was judged to be the highest priority because without new and better measures, future research will be inhibited and delayed.
When they judged the crowd sufficiently warmed up, they descended and tried to lead rushes on the meeting venue.