referee
To act as a refereeTo act as a referee.
» Tom was one of the referees.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo act as a referee.
He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.
She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.
schiedsrichtern, pfeifen, schlichten
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
Examples
127 sentencesTom was one of the referees.
Tom called the referee an idiot.
ruТом назвал судью идиотом. — odexed
I was the referee that evening.
Tom is a very experienced referee.
Tom is one of the referees.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to reFrom Middle English [Term?], from past participle of Old French referer (“to relate, to refer”), from Latin referre (“to carry back, to report, to notify”); as if refer + -ee, that is, the person to whom something is referred for consideration.
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Forms
referees, refereeing, refereed, refereedSynonyms
2 synonyms- evaluate professionally a colleague's work:peer review
- be a referee or umpire in a sports competition:umpire
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.