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judgment

noun

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
J
Ends with
T
Contains
UD
Scrabble score
19
CEFR level
B1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

    “they criticized my judgment of the contestants”

noun

  1. (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

noun

  1. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

noun

  1. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

noun

  1. the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

noun

  1. an opinion formed by judging something

    “he was reluctant to make his judgment known”

noun

  1. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

    “opinions are usually written by a single judge”

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Example Sentences

they criticized my judgment of the contestants
he was reluctant to make his judgment known
she changed her mind
opinions are usually written by a single judge

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