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judge

[juhj] / dʒʌdʒ /
NOUN
person who arbitrates
Synonyms
STRONGEST
authority court critic expert inspector justice referee
STRONG
adjudicator appraiser arbiter assessor bench chancellor conciliator evaluator honor intercessor intermediary interpreter judiciary magistrate marshal moderator negotiator ombudsman peacemaker reconciler umpire warden
WEAK
justice of peace legal official magister
VERB
make decision from evidence; deduce
Synonyms
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appreciate assess conclude consider criticize decide derive determine discern distinguish draw evaluate examine find put resolve review try
STRONG
adjudge adjudicate appraise approximate arbitrate arrive ascertain check collect condemn decree deduct doom esteem estimate gather make mediate place rate reckon referee rule sentence settle sit suppose test umpire value
WEAK
act on give a hearing make out pass sentence pronounce sentence size up
Antonyms
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approve begin disregard hesitate ignore miss neglect overlook praise reject start waver
STRONG
calculate depart disbelieve disperse distribute divide leave lose measure scatter

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Policymakers might be wrong to wait too long to judge the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on U.K. inflation, the Bank of England’s chief economist said Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s because the Office of Legal Counsel is “the Executive Branch’s preeminent legal advisor,” wrote federal judge Florence Pan in 2025.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The judge concluded that more than 95% of the group members live in Scotland and were in a contractual relationship with a company registered in Scotland and governed by Scots law.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Mitchell’s family was awarded $7.8 million to settle a wrongful death suit in 2022, shortly after a judge granted their discovery request for records tied to the “text message scandal” dating back to 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“Albert Einstein once said that everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its whole life believing it’s stupid.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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