referee
verb/ˌrefəˈriː/
/ˌrefəˈriː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they referee | /ˌrefəˈriː/ /ˌrefəˈriː/ |
| he / she / it referees | /ˌrefəˈriːz/ /ˌrefəˈriːz/ |
| past simple refereed | /ˌrefəˈriːd/ /ˌrefəˈriːd/ |
| past participle refereed | /ˌrefəˈriːd/ /ˌrefəˈriːd/ |
| -ing form refereeing | /ˌrefəˈriːɪŋ/ /ˌrefəˈriːɪŋ/ |
- (also 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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- [transitive] referee something to read and check the quality of an academic article before it is published
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