judge

juge

Personne chargée de trancher une affaire judiciaire ou de choisir le gagnant d’un concours.

En anglais simple : A person whose job is to decide a legal case or choose a winner in a competition.

• The judge listened to both sides.
• Three judges chose the winning cake.
• The judge sentenced him to two years in prison.

Synonymes : adjudicator

Expressions courantes : court judge, competition judge, judge’s decision

juge

Personne qui dirige une affaire au tribunal et décide comment appliquer la loi.

En anglais simple : A person who controls a court case and decides how the law applies.

• The judge listened to both lawyers.
• Two judges reviewed the case.
• The judge sentenced him to three years in prison.

Synonymes : justice

Expressions courantes : court judge, judge and jury

juge

Personne qui évalue les prestations d’un concours et décide des notes, des gagnants ou du respect des règles.

En anglais simple : A person who checks performances or actions in a competition and decides scores, winners, or whether rules were followed.

• The judge gave her ten points.
• Three judges chose the winning cake.
• One judge thought the boxer had broken a rule.

Synonymes : adjudicator, referee

Expressions courantes : competition judge, judge at something

juge

Personne qui dirigeait le peuple de l’ancien Israël avant l’époque des rois.

En anglais simple : A person who led the people of ancient Israel before they had kings.

• Deborah was a judge in ancient Israel.
• The judge led the people into battle.
• Several judges ruled before Israel had kings.

Synonymes : leader

Expressions courantes : biblical judge, judge of Israel

évaluer, juger

Déterminer si une personne ou une chose est bonne ou mauvaise, et à quel point.

En anglais simple : To decide how good or bad someone or something is.

• It is hard to judge the quality.
• She judged the singing competition last year.
• Please do not judge me before hearing my explanation.

Comment l'utiliser : judge someone/something by something (Do not judge a person by their clothes.); judge someone/something on something (We judge each entry on its originality.)

Synonymes : assess, evaluate, appraise

Expressions courantes : judge a competition, judge someone fairly

estimer, évaluer

Déterminer approximativement une quantité, une distance ou une autre donnée sans mesure exacte.

En anglais simple : To work out an amount, distance, or other fact without measuring it exactly.

• Can you judge the distance?
• He judged her age to be about forty.
• She judged the speed of the approaching car.

Comment l'utiliser : judge how… (It is difficult to judge how deep the water is.); judge that… (I judged that we were about two miles away.)

Synonymes : estimate, gauge

Expressions courantes : judge the distance, judge the speed

considérer, estimer

Penser qu’une personne ou une chose possède une certaine qualité ou se trouve dans un certain état.

En anglais simple : To believe that someone or something has a particular quality or is in a particular state.

• We judged it safe to leave.
• The committee judged her suitable for the role.
• He judges further discussion unnecessary.

Comment l'utiliser : judge someone/something + adjective (The doctor judged him fit to travel.); judge something to be something (They judged the plan to be a success.)

Synonymes : consider, deem, think

Expressions courantes : judge something necessary, judge someone fit

juger, statuer

Prendre une décision officielle dans une affaire portée devant un tribunal.

En anglais simple : To make an official decision in a court case.

• The court judged in favor of the family.
• She has judged many difficult cases.
• Who will judge this case?

Comment l'utiliser : judge in favor of someone (The court judged in favor of the tenant.)

Synonymes : rule, adjudicate

Expressions courantes : judge a case, judge in favor