Judgment Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of judging.
nounThe power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
Sentence Examples
Thinking is difficult, and therefore many people only pass judgment.
I didn't have time to think. I had to make a judgment call.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His obvious lack of ____ led him to make a series of costly financial mistakes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court issued a final ____ in the case, which required the defendant to pay a large amount of money.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Partially displaced doom. By surface analysis, judge + -ment.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times."
— 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376:
"Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look."
— c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
"He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 72:2:
"[T]he person presented shall be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church; […]"
— 1840, Lewis Rose, chapter I, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. […] , Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 8:
"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."
— 2024, National Transportation Safety Board, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His obvious lack of ____ led him to make a series of costly financial mistakes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court issued a final ____ in the case, which required the defendant to pay a large amount of money.