| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A person who evaluates and reports on the worth of something: commentator, critic, reviewer. See VALUE. 2. A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict: arbiter, arbitrator, referee, umpire. Sports : ref, ump. See DECIDE. 3. A public official who decides cases brought before a court of law in order to administer justice: jurisprudent, jurist, justice, justice of the peace, magistrate. See DECIDE, LAW. | | VERB: | 1. Informal. To have an opinion: believe, consider, deem, hold, opine, think. Informal : figure. Idioms: be of the opinion. See OPINION. 2. To make a judgment as to the worth or value of: appraise, assay, assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, rate1, size up, valuate, value. Idioms: take the measure of. See VALUE. 3. To arrive at (a conclusion) from evidence or reasoning: conclude, deduce, deduct, draw, gather, infer, understand. See REASON. 4. To make a decision about (a controversy or dispute, for example) after deliberation, as in a court of law: adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, decree, determine, referee, rule, umpire. See DECIDE, LAW.
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