judges
nounUK /ˈdʒʌdʒɪz/
US /ˈdʒʌdʒɪz/
People who decide who wins a contest or if someone broke a rule.
The judges gave the first prize to the girl with the best drawing.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The official people who run a court of law and decide cases.
The judges listened carefully to both sides of the story.
3. The third person singular form of the verb 'judge', meaning to form an opinion about something.
She judges people by how kind they are, not by how they look.
4. People who give their opinion about how good or bad something is.
The judges of the baking show tasted every cake.