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Meaning of judgment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt

Definitions

  1. The act of judging.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The official determination by a court of the rights and claims of the parties to a lawsuit litigated before it.
  3. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
    countable, uncountable
  4. if one can use (something) as an indication. Judging from the sky, there'll be a storm soon. te oordeel aan إذا أردنا الحُكم بِناء عَلى ما نَرى съдейки от a julgar por soudě podle urteilen nach dømme ud fra κρίνοντας από a juzgar por otsustades با توجه به jstk päätellen à en juger par אִם לִשפּוֹט עַל פִּי संकेत sudeći po vmiből ítélve dengan petunjuk af e-u að dæma a giudicare da ~から判断して ...으로 판단하건대 sprendžiant iš spriežot/spriest pēc berdasarkan te oordelen naar etter å dømme, ut fra sądząc...
  5. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
    countable, uncountable
  6. to criticize or condemn. Do not pass judgement (on others) unless you are perfect yourself. uitspraak, vonnis يَنْتَقِد، يُصْدِرُ حُكْما осъждам condenar vynášet soud ein Urteil fällen dømme εκφέρω κρίση, κατακρίνω, καταδικάζω pronunciar sentencia sobre arvustama مورد قضاوت قرار دادن؛ انتقاد کردن tuomita porter un jugement לִשפוֹט आलोचना करना suditi nekoga ítéletet mond mencela fella áfellisdóm (pronunciare una sentenza contro) 批判する 비난하다 smerkti kritizēt; izteikt spriedumu mengkritik een oord...
  7. The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
    countable, uncountable
  8. The act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation.
  9. The final award; the last sentence.
    countable, uncountable
  10. The mental ability to perceive and distinguish relationships; discernment: Fatigue may affect a pilot's judgment of distances.
  11. Law a. A determination of a court of law; a judicial decision.
    Law
  12. A misfortune believed to be sent by God as punishment for sin.
  13. Judgment The Last Judgment.
  14. the faculty of being able to make critical distinctions and achieve a balanced viewpoint; discernment
  15. (Law) a. the decision or verdict pronounced by a court of law

Equivalents

Afrikaans uitspraak
العربية الحكم
Azərbaycanca mühakimə
Català coneixement esma judici jutjament seny
Čeština rozsudek soudnost soužení úsudek
Dansk dømmekraft
Ελληνικά απόφαση κρίση
Eesti otsus
Galego xuízo
हिन्दी मूल्यांकन
Magyar megítélés
Bahasa Indonesia penghakiman
日本語 判決 審判 裁き
Қазақша үкім
Kurdî Esma hukum şad
Română judecare judecată
Soomaali xukun
Српски proces sad приговор
Kiswahili hukumu
தமிழ் தீர்ப்பு
Türkçe eleştiri hüküm seziş yargı

Examples

“The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.”
“a man of judgment / a man of good judgment”
“a politician without judgment”
“Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.”
“He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.”
“[T]he person presented shall be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church; […]”
“We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.”
“She in my judgment was as fair as you.”
“Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy […]”
“In judgments between the Rich and the Poor: it is not to be considered what the poor man needs, but what is his own”
“Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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