judge

experienced

learned

senior

presiding, trial

deputy

appeal (court), appellate, circuit, county court, district, federal, High Court, Supreme Court

be, sit as

After years of experience as a lawyer, she finally became a judge in the district court.

appoint (sb as)

preside, sit

The judge presided over the case for three weeks before reaching a verdict.

call sb

The judge called for silence in the courtroom before announcing the verdict.

direct sb

The judge directed the defendant to stand and listen carefully to the verdict.

consider sth

accept sth, admit sth

The judge accepted the new evidence that proved the defendant's innocence.

dismiss sth, refuse sth, reject sth

The court judge rejected the defendant's appeal after reviewing all the evidence.

conclude sth, decide sth, find sth, hold sth, rule sth, uphold sth

The court decided that the defendant was guilty of fraud.

sum up

The judge summed up the main points of the case before the jury made their decision.

sentence sb

order sth

The judge ordered the defendant to attend anger management classes before his release.

award (sb) sth, grant (sb) sth

The judge awarded her custody of the children after reviewing all the evidence.

competition

independent

panel

A panel of judges decided that the local bakery made the best bread in the competition.

choose sb/sth, decide sth

the judges' decision

The judges' decision surprised everyone because they chose an unknown artist as the winner.

astute, good, great, shrewd

She proved to be a shrewd judge of people during her years as a manager.

poor

impartial

~ of

My grandmother has always been an excellent judge of character and can instantly tell who to trust.

correctly, rightly

wrongly

She wrongly judged him as unfriendly when they first met at work.

fairly, properly

harshly

It's unfair to judge people so harshly when you don't know their full situation.

objectively

beautifully, carefully, finely, nicely, perfectly, well

She carefully judged the distance before jumping across the gap.

accordingly

If you break the rules, you will be judged accordingly by the school's disciplinary committee.

be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to

be able to, be in a position to

Without more information about the situation, I'm not able to judge if their decision was fair.

learn to

Children gradually learn to judge how much food they need at meals.

according to

The restaurant was judged according to the quality of its food and service.

against

The teacher judged each student's essay against the marking criteria.

by

People often judge others by their appearance before knowing them well.

from

You can judge a person's character from how they treat animals.

on

The athletes were judged on their technique, strength, and artistic performance.

criteria for judging

Teachers often use different criteria for judging student work fairly.

don't judge a book by its cover

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover; that quiet student turned out to be brilliant.

judge by appearances, judging by/from sth

You shouldn't judge by appearances because that old car runs perfectly well.

to judge by/from

Looking at the dark clouds overhead, we can judge by the weather forecast that rain is coming soon.

judge for youself

You should watch the film and judge for yourself if it's worth seeing.

judge sth on its merits

We should judge each candidate on their merits, not their appearance.