- 1(informal ref) [intransitive, transitive] to act as the referee in a game He began refereeing in 2008. a refereeing decision referee something Who refereed the final?
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- 2[transitive] referee something to read and check the quality of a technical article before it is published
referee
verbNAmE//ˌrɛfəˈri//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they referee he / she / it referees
past simple refereed
-ing form refereeing
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