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referee English

Meaning referee meaning

What does referee mean?
Definitions in simple English

referee Noun

— A referee is someone who ensures that the rules are followed during a game. That referee was hit by the ball during the football game.

referee Verb

— If you referee a game or a match, you make sure that the rules are followed during the game or match. Both teachers refereed the volleyball match yesterday.

referee

— noun (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play — noun an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case — verb (= umpire) be a referee or umpire in a sports competition — verb evaluate professionally a colleague's work — noun (= reviewer) someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

Synonyms referee synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as referee?

referee English » English

umpire judge arbitrator arbiter ref trial reviewer reader peer review official mediator kick judgement give critic call value valuate ump tribunal take stock sentence review reprobate regard refereeing ref. rate proponent pass judgment overseer moderator make judgment intermediary inspector guesstimate gauge figure execrate evaluation evaluate estimate doom discretion disapprove deprecate deplore denounce decision

Topics referee topics

What do people use referee to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Language and thought Think Learn

Evaluate, test
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Football, soccer

Conjugation referee conjugation

How do you conjugate referee?

referee · verb

Examples referee examples

How do I use referee in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A fussy referee can ruin a bout.
A referee should not favor either side.
The referee blew his whistle to end the match.
The referee must be fair to both teams.
The commentator began yelling when the referee gave the defender a second yellow card.
The referee sent Tom off for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
The referee cancelled a clean goal.
The hockey referee intervened to stop the fight.
Tom is a referee.
The player attacked the referee.
The referee showed him the yellow card.
Tom called the referee an idiot.

Movie subtitles

Mr. Sullivan's gonna referee.
Don't stand hopping about like a referee.
You can referee.
Just a match without a referee.
He's hitting the Swedish Maniac with everything but the referee.
But the referee wants to see and nobody's gonna stop him.
The only arithmetic he ever got was hearing the referee count up to 10.
Hey, referee.
When he's had enough, the referee should stop the fight.
Hold him until the referee breaks you.
Stay down till the referee counts you out.
A real champion who went down fighting when the Great Referee counted him out for the last time.
The referee looks closely at Graziano's eye.
Throw the referee out!
Don't you stop it, referee.
Well don't stand hoping about like a referee, co-operate.
REFEREE: One, two, three.
We gotta have a referee.
Can't play without a referee and Butch went home.
Couldn't you get another referee?
Mister, will you referee our game?
Our referee had to go to work.
We can't play without a referee.
Won't you please referee? Please.
And if you don't referee now, I'll never get a chance. Never.
A referee and an umpire.
Daniel is the referee.
His second fight was with Cocky Wexler. He dropped to his back in the second round and again claimed a foul but the referee counted him out.
Instead of counting him out, the referee picked him up and rushed him out of the ring to save him from mob violence.
Agostino will be here soon. You referee.
We had to kick the goose step out of them and cure them of blind obedience and teach them to beep at the referee.
No, I'm the referee.
We're counting on your experience. to referee a spat we're having.
The only arithmetic he ever got was hearing the referee. count up to ten.
Ralph was referee, too, remember.
Being a referee is exhausting.
Referee, Pierre Dupond.
In my opinion, the referee was unfair.
Unfortunately, I am both referee and timekeeper.

News and current affairs

The question is, what guidance should be given to this international bankruptcy referee?
To its scattered ethnic groups, it performed the twin roles of referee and bouncer, pacifying indigenous rivalries and protecting pint-sized nations from predatory states.
One obvious reason is the absence of a recognized and accepted international referee.
Confronted with the world's increasing complexity and America's decreasing appetite for international responsibilities, the need for adequate rules - and for a referee to enforce them - is greater than ever.

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