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What (who) is referee - definition
PERSON OF AUTHORITY, IN A VARIETY OF SPORTS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESIDING OVER THE GAME FROM A NEUTRAL POINT OF VIEW
Assistant referee; Referees; Official (sports); Self-refereeing; Referee (football); Athletics technical official; Athletics official; Football official; Umpire (football); Sports official; Numpire
![A [[college basketball]] official making a call](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basketball official.jpg?width=200 "A [[college basketball]] official making a call")
![A [[boxing]] referee counting a boxer](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-1013-501, Boxkampf Hucks gegen Gahrmeister.jpg?width=200 "A [[boxing]] referee counting a boxer")
![yellow card]] to a player during a game of [[association football]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt Reis Carlos Ruiz yellow card.jpg?width=200 "yellow card]] to a player during a game of [[association football]].")
.jpg?width=200 "An ice hockey referee (top right) positions himself to have a clear view of the game action so he can make crucial judgment calls about plays as accurately as possible")
.jpg?width=200 "Gaelic football ref in blue")
![An [[American football]] referee (right, in white cap) announces a call. The other officials wear black caps](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Referee announces call at UCLA at Cal 10-25-08.JPG?width=200 "An [[American football]] referee (right, in white cap) announces a call. The other officials wear black caps")
![sin bin]] for ten minutes](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rugby league sin bin.jpg?width=200 "sin bin]] for ten minutes")
![IROA]] Range Officer on Stage 11 of the [[2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stage brief at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot.jpg?width=200 "IROA]] Range Officer on Stage 11 of the [[2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot]].")
referee
(referees, refereeing, refereed)
1.
The referee is the official who controls a sports event such as a football game or a boxing match.
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2.
When someone referees a sports event or contest, they act as referee.
Vautrot has refereed in two World Cups.
VERB: V
3.
A referee is a person who gives you a reference, for example when you are applying for a job. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use reference
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referee
n. a person to whom a judge refers a case to take testimony or acquire other evidence such as financial records and report to the court on such findings.
See also: master
Referee
·noun One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.
Wikipedia
Referee
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titles depending on the sport, including umpire, judge, arbiter (chess), commissaire, or technical official (by the International Olympic Committee). Referees may be assisted by umpires, linesmen, timekeepers, touch judges, or video review officials.
Examples of use of referee
1. However, the assistant referee pointed to the centre circle and the Hungarian referee agreed.
2. Total lack of respect for the referee and the referee sadly lacking to be in control of the game.
3. In his post–match interview, Domenech claimed: "The referee saw nothing, the assistant referee saw nothing and then we have the fourth official saying to the referee what happened.
4. The referee saw nothing, the assistant saw nothing and then we have the fourth official seeing the video replay and telling the referee.
5. "It was not caused by a FIFA directive, it was not caused by me being asked to referee differently to the way I referee in the Premier League.