Judge
Judge verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.
Usage example: considering the amount of dough we have, I judge we'll get about six dozen cookies out of it
Make is a synonym for judge in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Make" instead a verb "Judge", when it comes to topics like deduce.
Make
Make verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.
Usage example: I make that to be about six feet long
Judge is a synonym for make in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Judge" instead a verb "Make", if it concerns topics such as estimate, appraise, calculate.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human judge | human make |
| old | old judge | old make |
| good | good judge | good make |
| female | female judge | female make |
| Other adjectives: high, nice, best, particular, better, short, complete, single, actual, real, big, great, terrible, dark, excellent, main, new, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Judge Dredd: Judge Death was originally one of these when he signed up for his Alternate Universe's equivalent of the Judges so he could make a living out of killing people.
Source: Psycho for Hire -
The dazzle paint used on ships in WWII was intended not to make ships hard to see, but to make it hard to judge the shape of the ship.
Source: Failed a Spot Check - A judge will most typically make this ruling on a motion by the side that lost, but on occasion a judge might do so on their own initiative (typically if the jury's verdict is just obviously wrong and the losing party has inexplicably failed to make a motion).
Source: One Judge to Rule Them All
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