judgement

🇺🇸 /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000Oxford3000
noun
B2

The skill of deciding what is best after thinking about it.

Being able to make a quick judgement is very important in emergencies.

B2

What you think about something after considering it; telling others what you think.

He regretted his decision, feeling it was a lapse in judgement.

R

What a court or judge decides.

The judge's judgement was that the evidence was not enough for a conviction.

R

A bad event thought to be punishment from God.

People in ancient times often saw natural disasters as a form of divine judgement.

translation

n. The skill of deciding what is best after thinking about it.; What you think about something after considering it; telling others what you think.; What a court or judge decides.; A bad event thought to be punishment from God.

Word Forms

Plural judgements