judge
- noun
- /dʒʌdʒ/
- Specialized
- The Public Trust doctrine relies on judicial review and judge-made principles.
Examples
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Video judging differs from print or slide judging in that the maker receives copies of the judges' evaluation sheets.
Academic text (2001) -
The only real glitch was a poorly structured judging schedule that prevented entrants from getting direct comments from the judge.
Academic text (1994) -
When I view a print now, I think, how would a POM judge see it?
Academic text (2001) -
One of the basic rules of judging is that a judge cannot be so narrow-minded.
Academic text (1996) -
Will entrants please bring their wines to the judging booth?
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I won't be the one doing the judging, Mrs. Wycoff.
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The three state Supreme Court judges appeared mainly interested in using the case to engage in judicial lawmaking.
Academic text (1992) -
The software uses an automated judge to evaluate the students' coding submissions.
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Our team developed a judge that scores programming challenges based on accuracy and efficiency.
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The online platform features a judge that ranks data entries according to predefined criteria.
Synonyms
A computer program or system that checks information and makes decisions without a person
Idioms
- Informal
Decide something about a person or thing by how they look
- Informal
Make an excuse that nobody believes and only a judge cares about
Compounds
- Literature
A judge who decides cases based on personal beliefs to promote social change
- Specialized
An officer in the military who gives legal advice and handles law for soldiers
- Specialized
A senior military lawyer who gives legal advice to a branch of the armed forces
- US
An official who helps the referee by watching the sideline and keeping the game time
- Jargon
An official in American football who stands deep behind defenders to watch the play and enforce rules
- US
An official in American football who watches plays and passes downfield on one sideline
- Jargon
An official in American football who watches passes and calls penalties near the far sideline
How Automated
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Judge comes from the old Latin word iudex, from ius 'law' and dicere 'to say'. Calling a computer program a judge is like saying it 'decides' or 'speaks' the result by testing and scoring each entry.