judgment

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/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

against, enough, good, large, light, long, over, pronounced

She showed good judgment by leaving the party early to study for her exam.

VERB + JUDGMENT

book, cloud, made, make, pass, read, snap, trust

The teacher made a fair judgment about which students deserved the scholarship.

JUDGMENT + NOUN

day, impartiality, man, pluck, role, vehement, ye

The judge showed remarkable impartiality in her judgment despite the vehement protests from the courtroom.

PREP.

in, on, without

I made a decision on judgment without consulting anyone else about it.

ADV.

only, such

I can only make a judgment about the restaurant after eating there myself.

Definitions

noun

The act of judging.

The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.

The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.

a man of judgment / a man of good judgment

a politician without judgment

The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

She in my judgment was as fair as you.

Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]

The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.

In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own

Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.

The final award; the last sentence.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or eve

judgement
assessment

noun — (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction

judgement

noun — the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly

judgement
perspicacity

noun — the mental ability to understand and discriminate between re

sagacity
sagaciousness
judgement
discernment

noun — the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conc

judgement
judging

noun — an opinion formed by judging something

judgement
mind

noun — the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decisi

opinion
judgement

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

snap judgment

A decision made without deliberation or in excessive haste.

Example Bank

The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.

Wiktionary

a man of judgment / a man of good judgment

Wiktionary

a politician without judgment

Wiktionary

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

Tatoeba · #47804

Judgment requires impartiality.

Tatoeba · #244214

Thinking is difficult, and therefore many people only pass judgment.

Tatoeba · #662487

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