{
    "term": "judge",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person in a court who has the authority to decide how criminals should be punished or to make legal decisions",
            "sensetop": "before a judge",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **High Court judge**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **federal/district judge**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the presiding **trial judge**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **appoint a judge**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The case comes before Judge Cooper next week.",
                    "contextForm": "before a judge"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She will appear before a judge tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge sentenced him to five years in prison."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **judge ruled** that the evidence was inadmissible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A judge ordered her to be remanded in custody."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge in the case reminded the jury not to discuss the case outside the courtroom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Appeal court judges overturned the previous ruling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a reputation as a liberal, activist judge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge awarded him damages of £20 000."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Law and justice", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["experienced", "learned", "senior"],
                "verb + judge": ["be", "sit as", "appoint (somebody as)"],
                "judge + verb": ["oversee something", "preside", "sit"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who decides who has won a competition",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The **judges' decision** is final."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has joined the **panel of judges** in the popular TV talent show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was invited to be a judge in a cookery competition."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["competition", "independent"],
                "… of judges": ["panel"],
                "judge + verb": [
                    "choose somebody/​something",
                    "pick somebody/​something",
                    "vote for somebody/​something"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the judges’ decision"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who has the necessary knowledge or skills to give their opinion about the value or quality of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's a **good judge** of character."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a shrewd judge of people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The last singer was the best—not that I'm any judge *(= I do not know much about the subject)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I'm not sure that's a good way to do it.’ ‘**Let me be the judge of that**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's usually a pretty shrewd judge of character."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are the best judge of what your body needs."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["astute", "good", "great"],
                "preposition": ["judge of"],
                "phrases": ["a good, bad etc. judge of character"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒʌdʒ/",
                "audio": "ju/judge/judge__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒʌdʒ/",
                "audio": "ju/judge/judge__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French juge (noun), juger (verb), from Latin judex, judic-, from jus ‘law’ + dicere ‘to say’."
}