judgement

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judge + -ment

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Noun[change]

Singular
judgement

Plural
judgements

Judgement is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
  1. (uncountable) Judgement is being able to make good choices.
    You will need good judgement to decide on a school.
    Deciding what to do was a judgement call.
    If John likes them, they must be good people; John has good judgement.
    I'll trust your judgement on this matter.
    There should be room for human judgement in deciding policies.
    It takes good judgement to be a manager.
  2. (countable) A judgement is a choice or decision you might make.
  3. (countable) (law) A judgement is the something decided by a judge. It is an official order by a court.
    This judgement means you have to pay me $500 each month, for a year.
    We will hear the judgement soon.

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