referee
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
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.
- French: arbitre
- German: Schiedsrichter, Schiedsrichterin
- Italian: arbitro
- Portuguese: árbitro, juiz
- Russian: судья́
- Spanish: árbitro, réferi
- French: arbitre
- German: Schlichter (general), Schiedsmann (in jurisdiction), Ombudsmann, Ombudsfrau (where formalized using this term)
- Portuguese: árbitro, juiz
- Russian: судья́
- Spanish: árbitro
- German: Empfehlungsgeber, Befürworter, Protagonist
- Russian: поручи́тель
referee (referees, present participle refereeing; 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.
- French: arbitre
- German: schiedsrichtern
- Portuguese: arbitrar
- Spanish: arbitrar
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