judge

/dʒʌdʒ/

nounverbjudge

A judge makes a decision—think: “JUDGe = JUst Decides.”

Yes, it's judge. The ending sound is /dʒ/ and it’s spelled with -dge after a short vowel: ju + dge.

Definitions

  1. nounA person who decides the result in a court of law or in a contest.
  2. verbTo form an opinion or make a decision about someone or something.

Examples

  • The judge listened carefully before announcing the sentence.
  • Please don’t judge a book by its cover.
  • We asked Ms. Lee to judge the science fair projects.

Synonyms

decideevaluateassessrefereemagistrate

Antonyms

misjudge

Translations

ES juez; juzgarPT juiz; julgarFR juge; juger

Common misspellings

judgjudegejudjejugejuddgejuggdejudggejudeg

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