I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a football referee (= the person who makes sure that the rules of football are followed )
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He is a qualified football referee for the Dorset County Football Association.
referee a match (= be the person on the field who makes sure players follow the rules )
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The matches are refereed by the children's parents.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A referee can be called in for some disputes between neighbors.
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a juvenile court referee
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Articles submitted to the journal are read by several referees.
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One of the players was sent off for arguing with the referee .
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The referee should never have allowed the first goal.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At least two top linesmen and one referee may quit after this season.
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But an eagle eyed referee may have sabotaged their cup run ... because the pitch was five yards too narrow.
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Fifteen seconds earlier he had been knocked down and lay on the canvas as the referee counted just short of a knockout.
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He was overruled by the referee .
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Here players and referees make rare mistakes alike.
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In April 1990 an all-out battle between Bègles and Montferrand raged on for a while before the referee could stop the slaughter.
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The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A team photograph was taken and after that Barry Jewitt, who was refereeing, started off the match.
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At the moment she is refereeing the netball match over at the playing field.
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I had hoped to get some work done, but instead spent most of my time refereeing between the two of them.
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In 1989 he took a rest from running junior soccer teams and this season began refereeing in the South Merseyside Junior League.
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Mike Wootton, who had refereed the match impeccably, declined.