judge

/ˈjəj/

Middle English juge, from Anglo-French, from Latin judex seejudge

noun

  1. one who makes judgments: such as

  2. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court

  3. one appointed to decide in a contest or competition : umpire

verb

  1. to form an opinion about through careful weighing of evidence and testing of premises

  2. to form an estimate or evaluation of; especially : to form a negative opinion about

  3. to hold as an opinion : guess, think

infer deduce conclude judge gather mean to arrive at a mental conclusion. infer implies arriving at a conclusion by reasoning from evidence; if the evidence is slight, the term comes close to surmise. deduce often adds to infer the special implication of drawing a particular inference from a generalization.

noun

  1. an officer assigned to the judge advocate general's corps or department

  2. a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander