referee
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See also: référée
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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.
Pronunciation[edit]

An association football referee (right) issues a yellow card to a player.
Noun[edit]
referee (plural referees)
- (sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
- The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.
- A person who settles a dispute.
- A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone.
- Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.
- An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
Usage notes[edit]
- In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
sport: umpire, judge of a game
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person who settles a dispute
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person who writes a letter of reference
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expert who judges a manuscript
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Verb[edit]
referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)
- To act as a referee.
- He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.
- She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.
Translations[edit]
to act as a judge of a game or contest
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to settle a dispute
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to write a letter of reference
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to judge a manuscript
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈrefereː/, [ˈre̞fe̞re̞ː]
- IPA(key): /ˈreferiː/, [ˈre̞fe̞riː]
- Rhymes: -efereː
- Syllabification: re‧fe‧ree
Noun[edit]
referee
- referee (expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published)
- Synonym: arvioija
Declension[edit]
Inflection of referee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | referee | refereet | |
genitive | refereen | refereiden refereitten | |
partitive | refereetä | refereitä | |
illative | refereehen refereeseen |
refereihin refereisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | referee | refereet | |
accusative | nom. | referee | refereet |
gen. | refereen | ||
genitive | refereen | refereiden refereitten | |
partitive | refereetä | refereitä | |
inessive | refereessä | refereissä | |
elative | refereestä | refereistä | |
illative | refereehen refereeseen |
refereihin refereisiin | |
adessive | refereellä | refereillä | |
ablative | refereeltä | refereiltä | |
allative | refereelle | refereille | |
essive | refereenä | refereinä | |
translative | refereeksi | refereiksi | |
instructive | — | referein | |
abessive | refereettä | refereittä | |
comitative | — | refereineen |
Possessive forms of referee (type filee) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | refereeni | refereemme |
2nd person | refereesi | refereenne |
3rd person | refereensä |
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
referee m or f (plural referees)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English words suffixed with -ee
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iː
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- English lemmas
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- en:Occupations
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- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/efereː
- Rhymes:Finnish/efereː/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish filee-type nominals
- Spanish lemmas
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