Dictionary entry details
• PASS JUDGMENT (verb)
Meaning:
Form a critical opinion of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
pass judgment; evaluate; judge
Context examples:
I cannot judge some works of modern art / How do you evaluate this grant proposal? / We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
Hypernyms (to "pass judgment" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass judgment"):
grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)
anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
assign; attribute (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme)
disapprove; reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)
adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)
critique; review (appraise critically)
fail (judge unacceptable)
pass (accept or judge as acceptable)
calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon (judge to be probable)
believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)
accept (consider or hold as true)
stand (have or maintain a position or stand on an issue)
approve (judge to be right or commendable; think well of)
disapprove (consider bad or wrong)
choose (see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way)
prejudge (judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence)
appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (place a value on; judge the worth of something)
reappraise (appraise anew)
reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)
essay; examine; prove; test; try; try out (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
