I.
noun
1 applies the law
ADJECTIVE
▪ experienced ( esp. BrE )
▪ learned ( esp. BrE )
▪ senior
▪ presiding , trial
▪ deputy ( BrE )
▪ appeal , appellate , circuit , county , district , federal
▪ appeal-court , circuit-court , county-court , district-court
▪ High Court ( in the UK ), Supreme Court ( in the US )
▪ bankruptcy , immigration (both AmE )
▪ unelected ( esp. AmE )
▪ activist , conservative , liberal (all AmE )
▪
She has a reputation as a liberal, activist ~.
VERB + JUDGE
▪ be , sit as
▪
By next year you could be sitting as a High Court ~.
▪ appoint (sb as) , elect , nominate (both esp. AmE )
▪ convince , impress , persuade , satisfy
▪
They must persuade the ~ that a particular juror is likely to be biased.
▪ ask , tell
JUDGE + VERB
▪ oversee sth , preside , sit
▪
Which ~ will be sitting next week?
▪
The ~ overseeing the case ordered the documents to be produced.
▪ call sb
▪
The ~ called the remaining witness.
▪ ask sth , say sth , tell (sb) sth
▪
A federal ~ told the FBI they could not access the computers.
▪ direct sb ( esp. BrE )
▪
The ~ must direct the jury on points of law.
▪ consider sth
▪ accept sth , admit sth , agree (sth) , allow sth , approve sth , uphold sth
▪
The ~ admitted the notes of the interview as evidence.
▪ deny sth , disagree , dismiss sth , overrule sb/sth , overturn sth , refuse sth , reject sth
▪
The trial ~ dismissed her compensation claim.
▪
Appeals court ~s overturned the previous ruling.
▪ conclude sth , decide sth , declare sth , find sth , hold sth , rule sth
▪
The ~ held that the company had been negligent.
▪ sum up
▪
The ~ summed up and the jury retired to consider its verdict.
▪ sentence sb
▪ impose sth , order sth
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The ~ ordered the company to pay compensation to the claimant.
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A ~ could impose a substantial penalty.
▪ award (sb) sth , grant (sb) sth
▪
The ~ awarded him damages of £20 000.
2 decides who has won a competition
ADJECTIVE
▪ competition
▪ independent
… OF JUDGES
▪ panel
▪
a panel of independent ~s
JUDGE + VERB
▪ choose sb/sth , pick sb/sth , vote for sb/sth
▪ decide sth , vote on sth
PHRASES
▪ the judges' decision
▪
The judges' decision on the entries is final.
3 has the ability/knowledge to give an opinion
ADJECTIVE
▪ astute , good , great , shrewd
▪
You are the best ~ of what your body needs.
▪
a shrewd ~ of character
▪ bad , poor
▪ impartial
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
He is a good ~ of musical talent.
PHRASES
▪ a good, bad etc. ~ of character
▪
She's usually a pretty shrewd ~ of character.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ accurately , correctly , rightly
▪ wrongly ( esp. BrE )
▪
I think I ~d the distance wrongly.
▪ fairly , properly ( esp. BrE )
▪ harshly , unfairly
▪
I think you're judging her rather harshly.
▪ objectively
▪ subjectively
▪ beautifully ( esp. BrE ), carefully , finely , nicely , perfectly (both esp. BrE ), well
▪
Their performance of the concerto was beautifully ~d.
▪
‘There's something I haven't told you.’ She ~d her words carefully.
▪
The golfer ~d it well, timing the ball to perfection.
▪ accordingly
▪
Those who preach intolerance should be ~d accordingly.
▪ purely , solely
▪
He was often ~d solely on his looks.
VERB + JUDGE
▪ be difficult to , be hard to , be impossible to
▪ be able to , be in a position to
▪
I am in no position to ~ whether what she is doing is right or wrong.
▪ learn to
▪
You soon learn to ~ distances when driving.
PREPOSITION
▪ according to
▪
He believed that schools should be ~d according to strictly academic criteria.
▪ against
▪
You always ~ your own performance against that of others.
▪ by
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You will be ~d by the work you have produced over the year.
▪ from
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The age of the furniture can be ~d from the type of wood used.
▪ on
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Your slogan will be ~d on its originality and style.
PHRASES
▪ criteria for judging
▪
People use different criteria for judging success at school.
▪ ~ by appearances
▪ don't ~ a book by its cover (= don't judge sth by how it looks)
▪ judging by sth , judging from sth
▪
He seems to have been a popular person, judging by the number of people at his funeral.
▪ to ~ by , to ~ from
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To ~ from what she said, she was very disappointed.
▪ ~ for yourself
▪
Readers are left to ~ for themselves whether McCrombie is hero or villain.
▪ ~ sth on its merits
▪
Each painting must be ~d on its own merits.
▪ not for me, us etc. to ~
▪
It's not for me to ~ whether he made the right decision.
Judge is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ jury
Judge is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ case , ↑ competition , ↑ distance , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ entry , ↑ extent , ↑ impact , ↑ merit , ↑ quality , ↑ reaction , ↑ relevance , ↑ reliability , ↑ situation , ↑ success , ↑ worth