referee
See also: référée
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French past participle of referer (“to relate, to refer”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Noun
referee (plural referees)
- (sports) An umpire or judge; the 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
- In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.
Related terms
Translations
sport: umpire, judge, the supervisor 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
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- To act as a referee.
- He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.
- She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.
Translations
to act as a referee
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
referee
Declension
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 | ||
abessive | refereettä | refereittä | ||
instructive | — | referein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Spanish
Noun
referee m or f (plural referees)
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