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referee

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See also: référée

English

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Etymology

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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

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛf.əˈɹiː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛfəˈɹiː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː
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An association football referee (right) issues a yellow card to a player.

Noun

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referee (plural referees)

  1. (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.
  2. A person who settles a dispute.
  3. (UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.
    Your application, along with letters from three referees, should be received by January 31.
  4. An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.

Usage notes

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  • In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)

  1. To act as a referee.
    He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.
    She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.

Translations

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English referee.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrefereː/, [ˈre̞fe̞re̞ː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈreferiː/, [ˈre̞fe̞riː]
  • Rhymes: -efereː
  • Hyphenation(key): re‧fe‧ree

Noun

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referee

  1. referee (expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published)
    Synonym: arvioija

Declension

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Inflection of referee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of referee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative refereeni refereeni
accusative nom. refereeni refereeni
gen. refereeni
genitive refereeni refereideni
refereitteni
partitive refereetäni refereitäni
inessive refereessäni refereissäni
elative refereestäni refereistäni
illative refereeheni
refereeseeni
refereihini
refereisiini
adessive refereelläni refereilläni
ablative refereeltäni refereiltäni
allative refereelleni refereilleni
essive refereenäni refereinäni
translative refereekseni refereikseni
abessive refereettäni refereittäni
instructive
comitative refereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative refereesi refereesi
accusative nom. refereesi refereesi
gen. refereesi
genitive refereesi refereidesi
refereittesi
partitive refereetäsi refereitäsi
inessive refereessäsi refereissäsi
elative refereestäsi refereistäsi
illative refereehesi
refereeseesi
refereihisi
refereisiisi
adessive refereelläsi refereilläsi
ablative refereeltäsi refereiltäsi
allative refereellesi refereillesi
essive refereenäsi refereinäsi
translative refereeksesi refereiksesi
abessive refereettäsi refereittäsi
instructive
comitative refereinesi

Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English referee.

Noun

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referee m or f by sense (plural referees)

  1. Alternative form of réferi

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.