judging

5 definitions • 8 examples

present participle of

to form, give, or have as an opinion, or to decide about something or someone, especially after thinking carefully:

So far, he seems to be handling the job well, but it's really too soon to judge.

[ + question word ] It's difficult to judge whether the new system really is an improvement.

The meeting was judged (to have been) a success.

You shouldn't judge by/on appearances alone.

I'm hopeless at judging distance(s) (= guessing how far it is between places).

to express a bad opinion of someone's behaviour, often because you think you are better than them:

You have no right to judge other people because of what they look like or what they believe.

to officially decide who will be the winner of a competition:

I've been asked to judge the children's poetry competition.

used to express the reasons why you have a particular opinion:

Judging by what he said, I think it's very unlikely that he'll be able to support your application.