referee
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2.7
- noun
- /ˌrɛfəˈri/
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- The ref for the battle was referee Roy Ray Ray Corona.
- a referee's call
- a basketball referee
- a soccer referee
Your job is to be both the fighter and the referee in that fight.
- Your job is to be both the fighter and the referee in that fight.
- I think regulators are analogous to the referees at a sports event.
- This is a guy that should have never, ever been a referee in combat sports, OK?
- It's Dean Blandino, the referee that I think we're going to get.
- So it's true there's three referees that could all see it different.
- View violent conduct or chatting back to a referee.
- It's just two athletes, A referee and a rule set.
- For me as a as a referee, put your black T-shirt on.
- Well, what first the referee come over to me and went, he's been deemed a clash of heads.
- Without those guardrails, it's like trying to play a professional basketball game without referees and having players call their own fouls.
- And so the only thing going through my head as I'm making my way from the midfield to the referee with the ball was don't look at the goalkeeper.
- But man, the fucking referees, bro, Can you believe that shit?
- Frazier's still rising, but the referee was a frown.
- But but man, this referee look like every Greyhound bus driver.
- We had, you know, people dressed as referees, fancy dress.
- Dang, who hope they got a referee around here.
- That's gotten bailed out by referee's penalty.
- It's all the same referees, it's the same commissions, it's the same fighters.
Examples
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Combat was highly structured, often with multiple referees to make sure the rules were followed.
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Now we need somebody who has kind of the overall plays, the overall referee role, so to speak.
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Better keep an eye out for the referee.
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But then the referee stepped in.
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And when the action begins, our referee in charge, Herb Dean.
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-(BLOWS WHISTLE) -The referee gives a penalty!
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REFEREE: It's over, Rick, they're gonna disqualify you.
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During the match, the referee ensured that all the players followed the rules.
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The referee raised their arm to signal a foul during the game.
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Before the game started, the teams met with the referee to discuss the rules.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who works for a government or organization and has power to make and enforce rules
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7.4
A person who makes sure players follow the rules in a sports game
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3.0
A person who makes sure players follow the rules in a football game
Compounds
A person with a flag on the sideline who helps the referee call offside and out of play
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Referee comes from the verb refer, which means 'to send something to someone for a decision'. So a referee is the person everyone on the field 'refers' to when they need a decision about the rules and fair play.