Overview of noun judges

The noun judges has 1 sense

• Judges, Book of Judges -- (a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges)

Overview of noun judge

The noun judge has 2 senses

• judge, justice, jurist -- (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)


• evaluator, judge -- (an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality)

Overview of verb judge

The verb judge has 5 senses

• judge -- (determine the result of (a competition))


• evaluate, pass judgment, judge -- (form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people")


• estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge -- (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds")


• pronounce, label, judge -- (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here")


• judge, adjudicate, try -- (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials")