judgment
♦ judg|ment /dʒ'ʌdʒmənt/ (judgments)
in BRIT, also use judgement
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?...
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...
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...
= 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...
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...
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.judg|ment call (judgment calls)
in BRIT, also use judgement call
[N-COUNT]
If you refer to a decision as a judgment call, you mean that there are no firm rules or principles that can help you make it, so you simply have to rely on your own judgement and instinct.
Well, physicians make judgment calls every day.value judg|ment (value judgments)
in BRIT, also use value judgement
[N-COUNT]
If you make a value judgment about something, you form an opinion about it based on your principles and beliefs and not on facts which can be checked or proved.
Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures...
in BRIT, also use judgement
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?...
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...
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...
= 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...
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...
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.judg|ment call (judgment calls)
in BRIT, also use judgement call
[N-COUNT]
If you refer to a decision as a judgment call, you mean that there are no firm rules or principles that can help you make it, so you simply have to rely on your own judgement and instinct.
Well, physicians make judgment calls every day.value judg|ment (value judgments)
in BRIT, also use value judgement
[N-COUNT]
If you make a value judgment about something, you form an opinion about it based on your principles and beliefs and not on facts which can be checked or proved.
Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures...