What does REFEREE mean?
Definitions for REFEREE
ˌrɛf əˈriref·er·ee
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Princeton's WordNet
referee, refnoun
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
reviewer, referee, readernoun
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
refereeverb
an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
referee, umpireverb
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
referee, peer reviewverb
evaluate professionally a colleague's work
Wiktionary
refereenoun
An umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game
refereenoun
A person who settles a dispute
refereenoun
A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone
refereenoun
An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published
refereeverb
To act as a referee.
Etymology: from past participle of referer, from refero; as if, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Refereenoun
One to whom any thing is referred.
Etymology: from refer.
Referees and arbitrators seldom forget themselves. Roger L'Estrange.
Wikipedia
Referee
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titles depending on the sport, including umpire, judge, arbiter (chess), commissaire, or technical official (by the International Olympic Committee). Referees may be assisted by umpires, linesmen, timekeepers, touch judges, or video review officials.
Webster Dictionary
Refereenoun
one to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it
Wikidata
Referee
A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known, in addition to referee, by a variety of other titles as well, including umpire, judge, arbiter, arbitrator, linesman, commissaire, timekeeper, touch judge or Technical Official.
British National Corpus
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Rank popularity for the word 'REFEREE' in Nouns Frequency: #2373
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of REFEREE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of REFEREE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of REFEREE in a Sentence
The idea came from witnessing some bad habits that school kids have picked up from the increased coverage of global football, we've seen kids brandish imaginary red cards towards the referee in an attempt to get an opposition player sent off. And also blatantly diving to win penalties.
Mike Tomlin know, the National Football League ratings are down massively, massively, a referee gets on television, his wife is sitting at home, she’s so proud of him. They’re ruining the game.
The goal of VAR is to avoid major mistakes, the objective is not to have clear and obvious mistakes committed on the field of play. This is the target, the goal is not to re-referee the match using technology.
I thought it was appalling behaviour by the manager, he has a player who has gone down, who has remained down and the referee obviously considered it serious enough to summon on The Chelsea doctor and the physio.
I'm over the referee s ----, at the end of the day, if you don't give effort and you don't play hard, you're never going to give yourself a chance to win.
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- حكمArabic
- съдияBulgarian
- rozhodčíCzech
- dømme, dommerDanish
- Schiedsrichterin, schiedsrichtern, Rezensent, Schiedsrichter, LektorGerman
- εισηγητής, διαιτητήςGreek
- arbitrar, árbitro, réferi, revisorSpanish
- epaileBasque
- erotuomari, sovittelija, välimies, tuomaroida, tuomita, suositella, suosittelija, arvioija, arvioida, sovitellaFinnish
- arbitreFrench
- rèitearScottish Gaelic
- bíróHungarian
- arbitroItalian
- 審判, レフェリーJapanese
- 신원보증인, 審判, 중재인, 심사원, 심판Korean
- ArbitterLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- суди, судија, препорачател, вештакMacedonian
- pengadil, wasitMalay
- scheidsrechter, arbiterDutch
- sędziaPolish
- arbitrar, juiz, árbitroPortuguese
- рецензент, судья, арбитр, поручитель, рефери, ампайр, поручительницаRussian
- вјештак, sutkinja, sudac, суткиња, vještak, стручњак, судац, судија, вештак, veštak, sudija, stručnjakSerbo-Croatian
- referens, domare, döma, skiljedomareSwedish
- రిఫరీTelugu
- hakem, bilirkişiTurkish
- рефері, арбітр, суддяUkrainian
- trọng tàiVietnamese
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