n. 25B6; noun
the judge sentenced him to five years : JUSTICE, magistrate, recorder, sheriff; N. Amer. jurist; Brit. informal beak.
a panel of judges will select the winner : ADJUDICATOR, arbiter, assessor, evaluator, appraiser, examiner, moderator, mediator.
25B6; verb
I judged that she was simply exhausted : FORM THE OPINION, conclude, decide; consider, believe, think, deem, view; deduce, gather, infer, gauge, estimate, guess, surmise, conjecture; regard as, look on as, take to be, rate as, class as; informal reckon, figure.
the case was judged by a tribunal : TRY, hear; adjudicate, decide, give a ruling/verdict on.
she was judged innocent of murder : ADJUDGE, pronounce, decree, rule, find.
the competition will be judged by Alan Amey : ADJUDICATE, arbitrate, mediate, moderate.
entries were judged by a panel of experts : ASSESS, appraise, evaluate; examine, review.