judgment

judgment: [[t]ʤʌ̱ʤmənt[/t]]
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judgments

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1) N-VAR A judgment is an opinion that you have or express after thinking carefully about something.

In your judgment, what has changed over the past few years?...

How can he form any judgement of the matter without the figures?...

I don't really want to make any judgments on the decisions they made.

2) N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss Judgment is the ability to make sensible guesses about a situation or sensible decisions about what to do.

I respect his judgement and I'll follow any advice he gives me...

He said that publication of the information was a serious error in judgment.

3) N-VAR A judgment is a decision made by a judge or by a court of law.

The industry was awaiting a judgment from the European Court...

The Court is expected to give its judgement within the next ten days.

Syn:

verdict, ruling

4) PHRASE: PHR with cl, PHR after v, v-link PHR If something is against your better judgment, you believe that it would be more sensible or better not to do it.

Against my better judgement I agreed...

She had become so fond of him, almost against her better judgement.

5) PHRASE: V inflects If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.

It's not for me to pass judgement, it's a personal matter between the two of you...

It's very hard to pass judgement on yourself.

6) PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR on n If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.

Doctors are reserving judgement on his ability to travel until later in the week.

7) PHRASE: V inflects To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.

He argues very strongly that none of us has the right to sit in judgement.

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judgment — judg·ment also judge·ment / jəj mənt/ n 1 a: a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court; esp: final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition … Law dictionary
Judgment — Judg ment, n. [OE. jugement, F. jugement, LL. judicamentum, fr. L. judicare. See {Judge}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
judgment — UK [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] / US or judgement UK / US noun Word forms judgment : singular judgment plural judgments ** 1) [countable/uncountable] an opinion that you have after thinking carefully about something judgment about: It is still too soon to form a … English dictionary
Judgment! — Studioalbum von Andrew Hill Veröffentlichung 1964 Label Blue Note … Deutsch Wikipedia
judgment — (n.) mid 13c., action of trying at law, trial, also capacity for making decisions, from O.Fr. jugement legal judgment; diagnosis; the Last Judgment (11c.), from jugier (see JUDGE (Cf. judge) (v.)). From late 13c. as penalty imposed by a court;… … Etymology dictionary
judgment n.o.v. — judgment n.o.v. judgment n.o.v. abbr [Medieval Latin n on o bstante v eredicto]judgment notwithstanding the verdict Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
judgment — [n1] common sense acumen, acuteness, apprehension, astuteness, awareness, brains, capacity, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, experience, genius, grasp, incisiveness, ingenuity, intelligence, intuition, keenness, knowledge, mentality,… … New thesaurus
judgment — [juj′mənt] n. [ME jugement < OFr < ML judicamentum < L judicare: see JUDGE, vt. vi.] 1. the act of judging; deciding 2. a legal decision; order, decree, or sentence given by a judge or law court 3. a) a debt or other obligation resulting … English World dictionary
judgment — A formal decision, sentence or Order of a Court of Justice. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 … Glossary of Bankruptcy
judgment — 1 conclusion, deduction, inference (see under INFER) Analogous words: decision, determination, ruling (see corresponding verbs at DECIDE): *opinion, conviction, persuasion, view, belief 2 *sense, wisdom, gumption Analogous words: intelligence,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
judgment — A sense of knowledge sufficient to comprehend nature of transaction. Thomas v. Young, 57 App. D.C. 282, 22 F.2d 588, 590. An opinion or estimate. McClung Const. Co. v. Muncy, Tex.Civ.App., 65 S.W.2d 786, 790. The formation of an opinion or notion … Black's law dictionary

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