authority official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"
valuator,
appraiser one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
arbitrator,
arbiter,
umpire someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
Verb
judge -
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"
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"
choose pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
prejudge judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
valuate,
appraise,
evaluate,
assess,
measure,
value 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"
reappraise appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly"
reject refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
conceive,
believe,
consider,
think become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
lowball,
underestimate make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"
quantise,
quantize apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor; "Quantize gravity"
misgauge gauge something incorrectly or improperly
put,
place,
set attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
lowball,
underestimate make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"
assess estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"
make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
reckon,
count take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
truncate make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
A judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead who presides over a court of law, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is like an umpire in a game and conducts the trial impartially and in an open court.
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judge To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard. (Source Webster 1913)
judge A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
judge To express an opinion or a valuation, especially on esthetics, morality or the like.
judge To put on trial, hear the case and act as the judge.
