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judgment call

judg·ment call
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [juhj-muh nt kawl]
    • /ˈdʒʌdʒ mənt kɔl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [juhj-muh nt kawl]
    • /ˈdʒʌdʒ mənt kɔl/

Definitions of judgment call words

  • noun judgment call Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human. 1
  • noun judgment call any subjective or debatable determination; personal opinion or interpretation. 1
  • noun judgment call subjective decision 1
  • countable noun judgment call If you refer to a decision as a judgment call, you mean that there are no firm rules or principles that can help you make it, so you simply have to rely on your own judgement and instinct. 0
  • noun judgment call an official decision made during a sporting event by an umpire, referee etc, based on their own perception of events, when there is no other way of measuring them objectively 0
  • noun judgment call a decision that you have to make using your own sense of what is the best thing to do, because there is no right or wrong answer 0
See all 7 definitions of judgment call

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Origin of judgment call

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Judgment call

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Judgment call

judgment call popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for judgment call

noun judgment call

  • close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
  • close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
  • closeup — a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
  • conviction — a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
All 4 Synonyms of judgment call

Antonyms for judgment call

noun judgment call

  • concrete — Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water.
Just one Antonym for judgment call

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