1 (also informal ref) the official who controls the game in some sports, such as football, basketball and boxing:
He was sent off for arguing with the referee.
compareUMPIRE
2 (BrE) a person who gives information about your character and ability, usually in a letter, for example when you are applying for a job:
The principal often acts as a referee for his students.
3 a person who is asked to settle a disagreement:
to act as a referee between the parties involved
4 a person who reads and checks the quality of a technical article before it is published
Part of speech: verb
1 to act as the referee in a game:
[V] He began refereeing in 1980. * a refereeing decision * [VN] Who refereed the final?
2 [VN] to read and check the quality of a technical article before it is published
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for referee is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is referee a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, referee is tagged as noun.
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