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/dʒʌdʒ/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | judge |
| he/she/it | judges |
| present participle | judging |
| past tense | judged |
| past participle | judged |
- 1[intransitive/transitive] to form an opinion about something after considering all the details or factsjudge someone/something on something:
Schools are judged on their exam results.
judge something by something:Judged by modern standards, this was a cruel thing to do.
judge something from something:The firm’s success can be judged from its growing sales.
judge someone/something (to be) something:The water was judged to be of good quality.
The meeting was judged a success.
judge it best/right/necessary etc:Mary judged it best not to say anything.
judge what/whether/when etc:It’s difficult to judge what kind of impression we made.
judge that:He judged that someone must have been in the house.
judge for yourself (=form your own opinion):I love it, but come along and judge for yourself.
phrases
judging by/from something
never/don’t judge a book by its cover
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