refereeing

Variant of referee

referee definition

ref·eree (ref′ə rē′)

noun

  1. a person to whom something is referred for decision
  2. an official who enforces the rules in certain sports contests; specif., the chief official in a football game
  3. Law a person appointed by a court to study, take testimony in, judge, and report on, a matter
  4. an academic authority who examines and evaluates an article, book, etc. with regard to its fitness for publication
  5. Brit. a person, esp. one with good credentials, given as a reference in seeking employment

transitive verb, intransitive verb refereed -·eed′, refereeing -·ee′·ing

to act as referee (in)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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