referee
(refəriː )
Word forms: referees , refereeing , refereed
1. countable noun B2
The referee is the official who controls a sports event such as a football game or a boxing match.
2. verb
When someone referees a sports event or contest, they act as referee.
The match will be refereed by Derek Bevan from Wales. [be VERB-ed]
Vautrot has refereed in two World Cups. [VERB]
Synonyms: umpire, judge, mediate, adjudicate
3. countable noun
A referee is a person who gives you a reference, for example when you are applying for a job. [mainly British]
regional note: in AM, use reference Image of referee
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Collocations:
football referee influence a referee match referee referee blows referee judge referee signals referee whistles referee's decision tournament referee
A football referee ordered a parrot off the touchline after the bird kept imitating his whistle.
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He used to be a football referee — and joked about the irony that fans used to accuse him of being blind.
The Sun
Until recently, he was a semiprofessional football referee, but stopped due to work commitments.
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Nobody bats an eyelid until a football referee appears and books passers-by for the foul.
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Would he have dared to come out if he had been a football referee?
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Evidence also suggests that a vocal crowd can influence the referee.
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Their players will want to upset us and try to influence the referee.
The Sun
Maybe it can work when they are trying to influence the referee.
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Seldom has the campaign to influence the referee been so urgently and publicly waged.
Times, Sunday Times
You see their body language, how they gesticulate, how they try to influence the referee.
The Sun
So that was a very nice scene, my first meeting with a match referee!
The Sun
The match referee can also be a home official.
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Yesterday there was the captain's press conference; later, more meetings with the match referee and umpires.
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Duck, hook them for four or find yourself in front of the match referee for accidentally brushing shoulders with the fast bowler.
The Sun
He pleaded guilty and was fined 15 per cent of his match fee by the match referee.
Times, Sunday Times
As the referee blows the whistle, the game gets under way ...
The Sun
Loyal and hopelessly optimistic, until the referee blows for penalties.
The Sun
So the referee blows his whistle again, and it's all over.
Times, Sunday Times
The match clock stops every time the referee blows for a stoppage so a match of 32min tends to last between an hour and 75min.
The Sun
You must just keep going after more right up until the referee blows the final whistle.
The Sun
Three referees judge each attempt in weightlifting.
The Sun
Most of the time the severity of the penalty depends on what the referees judge to be the severity and the intent of the cross-check.
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The ten round bout went the distance with the referee judging the contest a draw.
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The referee signals for a substitution.
The Sun
The referee signals for a corner as players appeal for a penalty.
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The referee signals these media time-outs by first using the time out signal, then extending both arms in a horizontal position.
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The referee signals unsportsmanlike conduct by holding his arms outstretched with palms facing downward.
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When the referee signals the start of the bout, each wrestler attempts to takedown the other.
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Lots of people dive in football, that's sport, and if the referee whistles, it's a penalty.
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A jerky march back, not even a pause at the end of his retreat, a sprint as soon as the referee whistles.
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I think that, in every game, you fight a lot during 90 minutes and, when the referee whistles at the end, it's important to finish.
The Sun
They are fastest to take their kicks, starting the run-up an average 0.28 seconds after the referee whistles.
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In samba a special tri-tone samba whistle and common referee whistles are also used.
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Both are calculated to influence the referee's decision, yet in 99 per cent of cases they have no effect.
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He simply protested a referee's decision when a bit of bad luck struck.
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I need to find a reason to respect the referee's decision.
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Until now, the referee's decision has always been considered final.
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A match referee's decision can be overturned without him going to the pitchside screen.
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She checked with the umpire and tournament referee that it was legal before it was served up by a ballgirl.
Times, Sunday Times
Any player may appeal the chair umpire's interpretation of tennis law to the tournament referee or deputy referee.
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The umpire did not agree with her and neither did the tournament referee.
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Translations:
Chinese: 裁判员, 担任裁判
Japanese: レフェリー, 審判をする