judge

1. verb

1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) dømme

2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) dømme

3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) bedømme

4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) dømme

2. noun

1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) dommer

2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) dommer

3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) kjenner, ekspert

•

- judgement

- judgment
- judging from / to judge from
- pass judgement on
- pass judgement

dømme

I

subst.

1) (jus, også i konkurranser e.l.) dommer

2) bedømmer, kjenner

• a good judge of horses

en god hestekjenner

appear before a judge (jus) møte\/stille for retten (i sivil\/kriminalsak)

be a good judge of ha god greie på

set oneself up as a judge (up)on somebody sette seg til doms over noen, opphøye seg til dommer over noen

II

verb \/dʒʌdʒ\/

1) dømme, felle dom over, tjenestegjøre som dommer

• judge a case

dømme i en sak

2) avgjøre, bestemme

3) bedømme

• I can't judge whether he was right or wrong

jeg kan ikke bedømme om han gjorde rett eller galt

4) anslå, anta, anse

• I judge him to be about 50

jeg anslår ham for å være rundt 50

don't judge a book by its cover man skal ikke skue hunden på hårene, døm ikke noe(n) etter utseendet

judge by dømme etter

judge for oneself avgjøre selv, bestemme selv

judge not, that ye be not judged (bibelsk) døm ikke, for at dere ikke skal bli dømt

judge others by oneself dømme andre etter seg selv

judge that bestemme at

judging by\/from å dømme etter

• judging by the turnout, your party was a great success

etter oppmøtet å dømme ble selskapet ditt en kjempesuksess