Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One to whom something is referred, especially for settlement, decision, or an opinion as to the thing's quality.
- noun Sports & Games An official supervising the play; an umpire.
- noun Law A person appointed by a court to assist a judge in the trying of a case or to hear certain types of cases.
- intransitive verb To judge as referee.
- intransitive verb To act as referee.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One to whom something is referred; especially, a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred for settlement or decision; an arbitrator; an umpire.
- noun Specifically, in law, a person selected by the court or parties under authority of law to try a cause in place of the court, or to examine and report on a question in aid of the court, or to perform some function involving judicial or quasi-judicial powers.
- To preside over as referee or umpire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun sports An
umpire orjudge ; theofficial who makes sure therules are followed during agame - noun A person who
settles adispute - noun A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone
- noun An
expert who judges themanuscript of anarticle orbook to decide if it should bepublished - verb To act as a referee.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- noun an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
- verb be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
- verb evaluate professionally a colleague's work
- noun (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
Etymologies
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Examples
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But there are plenty of times in this odd mismatch when Seligman the referee is the most absorbing person in the ring, not least when he's encouraging himself to make the most of Sontag.
Odd Couple 2004
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But there are plenty of times in this odd mismatch when Seligman the referee is the most absorbing person in the ring, not least when he's encouraging himself to make the most of Sontag.
Odd Couple 2004
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And that's truly the "harm" here, and why a referee is needed to call the "foul."
Art Brodsky: Fox Steps Over the Internet Line; But There's Nothing To Be Done Art Brodsky 2010
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Not for the first time the stream of invective aimed at the referee from the Tigers 'coaching bench was loud and increasingly personal, promoted by Poite's perceived lack of consistency.
Leicester turn air blue against Saracens in rage at referee exchange Robert Kitson at Vicarage Road 2010
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And that's truly the "harm" here, and why a referee is needed to call the "foul."
Art Brodsky: Fox Steps Over the Internet Line; But There's Nothing To Be Done Art Brodsky 2010
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And that's truly the "harm" here, and why a referee is needed to call the "foul."
Art Brodsky: Fox Steps Over the Internet Line; But There's Nothing To Be Done Art Brodsky 2010
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Ireland are demanding a replay, but until the video referee is introduced in football, the result surely must stand.
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Rugby remains a fiendishly difficult game to control and it seems the referee is going to be with us, wherever we go, for some time yet.
Heineken Cup's clash of styles putting referees under huge scrutiny Eddie Butler 2010
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(When the referee is biased, there is a serious problem and the result is unquestionable unfairness.)
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Jonathan Adler Gets It Wrong, and Soccer Gets It Right: 2010
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And that's truly the "harm" here, and why a referee is needed to call the "foul."
Art Brodsky: Fox Steps Over the Internet Line; But There's Nothing To Be Done Art Brodsky 2010
bilby commented on the word referee
O, I hope Ed 'n' I see referees in deep Ohio.
October 18, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word referee
Song quotation on 11.
February 6, 2009