judge
/dʒʌdʒ/ v [I/T] (DECIDE)Definition
› to have or give an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, esp. after thinking carefully: [I] He seems to be handling the job well, but it’s really too soon to judge. [+ question word] It’s hard to judge how old he is. [T] I’m hopeless at judging distances (= guessing how far it is between places). [T] What gives you the right to judge people (= decide how good or bad they are)? › To judge a competition is to decide officially who has won. Judging by/from (also to judge by/from) › Judging by/from or to judge by/from refers to the reasons you have for thinking something: Judging by their home, they seem to be quite wealthy.
(Definition of judge v (DECIDE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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