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postjudge

postjudge verb: used to contrast with "prejudge": To judge after the fact.

Verb

postjudge (third-person singular simple present postjudges, present participle postjudging, simple past and past participle postjudged)

  1. Used to contrast with "prejudge": To judge after the fact.
    • In making this personal statement of my views, to which you are entitled, nothing that I say is intended either to postjudge the past or to prejudge the future.1943, United States. Congress. Joint Committee ..., Hearings, page 1476
    • There is a prejudging of the Commission's report and a postjudging of Congress' attitude last year.1967, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs, Election of Virgin Islands Governor

Forms of postjudge

third-person singular presentpostjudges
present participlepostjudging
past participlepostjudged
pastpostjudged

Origin of postjudge

From post- + judge.

Questions about postjudge

What does postjudge mean?
Postjudge means used to contrast with "prejudge": To judge after the fact.
What part of speech is postjudge?
Postjudge is a verb.
What is the past tense of postjudge?
The past tense of postjudge is postjudged.

Words near postjudge in the dictionary

  1. postischemic
  2. postischial
  3. postisolation
  4. postisometric
  5. postjail
  6. postjudge
  7. postjudged
  8. postjudges
  9. postjudging
  10. postjudgment
  11. postjudice

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