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1. (n.) referee
a person to whom something is referred for decision or settlement.
2. referee
a judge having functions fixed by the rules of a game or sport; umpire.
3. referee
an authority who evaluates proposals for funding, scholarly papers for publication, etc.
4. referee
Law. a person selected by a court to take testimony and recommend a decision.
5. (v.t.) referee
to preside over as referee.
6. (v.i.) referee
to act as referee.
Etymology: (1605–15)
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| Definition of 'referee' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) referee, ref
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
2. (noun) reviewer, referee, reader
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
3. (verb) referee
an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
4. (verb) referee, umpire
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
5. (verb) referee, peer review
evaluate professionally a colleague's work
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1. (noun) referee
an official who decides whether a sports game is being played fairly
The referee blew his whistle.; the official who was refereeing the game
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| Definition of 'referee' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) referee
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
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Sense: a person who controls boxing, football etc matches, makes sure that the rules are not broken etc
The referee sent two of the players off the field.
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 Afrikaans: skeidsregter |
 Arabic: حَكَم |
 Bulgarian: съдия |
 Brazilian: árbitro |
 Czech: soudce |
 German: der Schiedsrichter |
 Danish: dommer |
 Greek: διαιτητής |
 Spanish: árbitro |
 Estonian: kohtunik |
 Farsi: داور |
 Finnish: tuomari |
 French: arbitre |
 Hebrew: שוֹפֶט |
 Hindi: रेफरी |
 Croatian: sudac |
 Hungarian: játékvezető |
 Indonesian: wasit |
 Icelandic: dómari |
 Italian: arbitro |
 Japanese: レフリー |
 Korean: 심판 |
 Lithuanian: teisėjas |
 Latvian: tiesnesis (sportā) |
 Malay: pengadil |
 Dutch: scheidsrechter |
 Norwegian: dommer |
 Polish: sędzia |
 Persian: داور |
 Pashto: منصف، حكم، دريم ګړى ريفرى |
 Portuguese: árbitro |
 Romanian: arbitru |
 Russian: рефери |
 Slovak: rozhodca |
 Slovenian: sodnik |
 Serbian: sudija |
 Swedish: domare |
 Thai: กรรมการ |
 Turkish: hakem |
 Taiwanese: 裁判 |
 Ukrainian: суддя, рефері |
 Urdu: کھیل کا نگراں |
 Vietnamese: trọng tài |
 Chinese: 裁判员 |
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