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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160926222854im_/http://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/referee_gb_1.mp3"/> </a></h2><div class="variant"></div></header></div><div class="entryGroup" id="referee_Noun_000"></div><section class="gramb"><h3 class="ps pos"><span class="pos">noun</span></h3><span class="transitivity"></span><ul class="semb"><li><div class="trg"><p><span class="iteration">1</span><span class="ind">An official who watches a game or match closely to ensure that the rules are adhered to and (in some sports) to arbitrate on matters arising from the play.</span></p><div class="exg"><div class="ex"> <em>‘the referee sent off two French players’</em></div></div><div class="crossReference"></div><div class="examples"><div class="moreInfo"><button data-behaviour="ga-event" data-value="more example sentences">More example sentences</button></div><div class="exg"><ul><li class="ex"> <em>‘Pat White was an impartial referee in a game played in a sporting spirit.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The results have been positive with one of our assistant referees officiating in the last World Cup tournament in France.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘For a change, the video referee ruled against Saints and the try was rightly allowed to stand.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The Association, at present, is failing in its duty to referees, players and supporters alike.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Mickey is a well known soccer referee and gave many years service to the game.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘During the match assistant referee Andrew Halliday was felled by a hurled coin and bottles were thrown.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The referee's whistle came not a moment too soon and the celebrations began.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘But, if your team loses you blame the referee or the yellow card.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Yet I thought the referees stopped some of the bouts too soon.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The system has already been adopted by professional rugby referees south of the Border.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘But the video referee ruled that Paul Johnson had been illegally dispossessed.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘There was one tackle that was so late the referee had blown for half-time.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘I asked the referee at half-time why he hadn't given a penalty.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The first round tie kicked off 25 minutes late when the appointed referee failed to turn up.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘He has served as an ICC match referee and is a past chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘A rugby player who was injured in an accident on the field sued the referee for failing to protect him from a falling scrum.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘He was a rugby football referee in his spare time at one time.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘He has come across all of the top referees in the game and they have no problem with him.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The shortage of hurling referees is still a problem.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Danny was one of the best Gaelic football referees in the county.’</em></li></ul></div></div><div class="synonyms"><div class="moreInfo"><button data-behaviour="ga-event-synonyms" data-value="expand/collapse">Synonyms</button></div><div class="exg"><div class="exs"><strong>umpire</strong>, judge, referee's assistant, assistant referee, linesman, line judge, adjudicator, arbitrator, arbiter, mediator</div><a data-behaviour="ga-event-synonyms" data-value="view synonyms" href="/web/20160926222854/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/thesaurus/referee">View synonyms</a></div></div></div></li><li><div class="trg"><p><span class="iteration">2</span><span class="sense-regions">British </span><span class="ind">A person willing to testify in writing about the character or ability of someone, especially an applicant for a job.</span></p><div class="exg"><div class="ex"> <em>‘the subject of a bad reference can sue the referee for libel’</em></div></div><div class="crossReference"></div><div class="examples"><div class="moreInfo"><button data-behaviour="ga-event" data-value="more example sentences">More example sentences</button></div><div class="exg"><ul><li class="ex"> <em>‘Neither of the referees she named on the application form - which she was asked to complete at the interview - was contacted.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The line-up of character referees in the Federal Court on 21 February will be interesting to watch.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The paper also claimed that Ron Walker and Eddie McGuire have declined to be character referees in court on Thursday.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘I need referees who are of upstanding character and have known me for at least a year and can attest to my upstanding character.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘To start with, the referee has to be asked about the customer's character and creditworthiness and, generally, about his circumstances in life.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘While other character referees chose to scurry straight out of court or only give written statements, Andrew Vizard sat next to his brother before and after his evidence.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Brown is one of McConnell's referees on his application for Labour party general secretary job.’</em></li></ul></div></div><div class="synonyms"><div class="moreInfo"><button data-behaviour="ga-event-synonyms" data-value="expand/collapse">Synonyms</button></div><div class="exg"><div class="exs"><strong>supporter</strong>, character witness, backer, advocate</div><a data-behaviour="ga-event-synonyms" data-value="view synonyms" href="/web/20160926222854/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/thesaurus/referee">View synonyms</a></div></div><ol class="subSenses"><li class="subSense"><span class="subsenseIteration">2.1</span><span class="ind">A person appointed to examine and assess for publication a scientific or other academic work.</span><div class="trg"><div class="exg"><div class="ex"> <em>‘most journals send the referees' reports to the author’</em></div></div><div class="crossReference"></div><div class="examples"><div class="moreInfo"><button data-behaviour="ga-event" data-value="more example sentences">More example sentences</button></div><div class="exg"><ul><li class="ex"> <em>‘They relied on the journal referees who had accepted Igor's papers for publication in order to judge the finer points of the work.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Mel and I got our report back from the referees with regards to the Unlawful Combatant article.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘As one of my referees pointed out, academic discourse does not allow for this kind of evidence alone.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The author would like to thank Kim Van der Borght for his support and the anonymous referee for their valuable guidance and comments.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘We acknowledge the very important role of the many men and women who agree to serve as academic referees for the manuscripts submitted to Sociology of Religion.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘It should really not come as a surprise when you have friends round for dinner and someone, gently, reminds you that you need two referees to support your Ph.D. application.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘It was written by Satyendra Nath Bose and rejected by a referee for publication.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Cauchy and Legendre were appointed referees of this memoir.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘I want to thank the staff, referees, and authors for their dedicated support of this publication.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Connor said that the referees were against publication.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘We are all familiar with how journal editors can select referees to get the reports they want.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘In particular, I refer to solving problems with the writing and management of the referee process.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘A referee has huge power and what is written by a referee in his report is taken as the ‘gospel’.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The author would like to thank two anonymous referees for their helpful comments.’</em></li></ul></div></div></div></li></ol></div></li></ul></section><div class="banbox"><div class="container"></div><div class="container mpu"></div></div><section class="gramb"><h3 class="ps pos"><span class="pos">verb</span></h3><span class="transitivity"><span class="neutral">[</span>WITH OBJECT<span class="neutral">]</span></span><ul class="semb"><li><div class="trg"><p><span class="iteration"></span> <span class="ind">Act as the referee of.</span></p><div class="exg"><div class="ex"> <em>‘he refereed two of the first-round group matches’</em></div></div><div class="crossReference"></div><div class="exg"><div class="ex"> <em>‘erratic and inconsistent refereeing’</em></div></div><div class="examples"><div class="moreInfo"><button data-behaviour="ga-event" data-value="more example sentences">More example sentences</button></div><div class="exg"><ul><li class="ex"> <em>‘Last Saturday, ‘Sam’ ended up refereeing a match in which the team in his own ward were playing.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘As it happened, with better refereeing Hearts could have been one goal up at half-time.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘But it was an invitation to help out at a children's tournament which triggered her interest in refereeing.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Like every other shinty official he had paid his dues to the sport by the time he came to refereeing.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Both chairmen saw their sides suffer at the weekend when refereeing decisions went against them.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The coach also pinpointed a double refereeing error shortly after the interval as a significant factor in the outcome.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘In order to obtain better results, there were five judges instead of three, and the ABA Secretary Eddie Gray, an AIBA Referee / Judge himself, refereed the bout.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The truth is that the only time I ever have felt really threatened was when I was refereeing a junior match early in my career.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘He also presented a medal to referee Tim O'Byrne who did a great job in refereeing the final.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘I'm lucky because the more you referee games and the more players get used to your face and your style of refereeing the better it is.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘The issue for me was quite simple: there are other refs in Scotland capable of refereeing the match.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Some referees however are just not up to the pressures of refereeing a top match and they should be removed.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘But I think it's outrageous that he has been forced to retire from refereeing.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Anne Middleton, also from Lismore will be refereeing tournament games at Coolangatta.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Somehow, with the help of his managers, he runs the company while devoting most of his spare time to refereeing and his family.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Andy is a strong character and he will come through this but my worry is the impact this will have on refereeing recruitment.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Cheating is a far bigger issue in football than refereeing anomalies.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘While the standard of football has improved since, the same can't be said about refereeing.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘When you hear that Collina is refereeing you think you won't have to worry about that.’</em></li><li class="ex"> <em>‘Her knee is in bad shape from an injury she sustained the night before while refereeing a hockey game.’</em></li></ul></div></div><div class="synonyms"><div class="moreInfo"><button data-behaviour="ga-event-synonyms" data-value="expand/collapse">Synonyms</button></div><div class="exg"><div class="exs"><strong>umpire</strong>, judge, adjudicate, run, be in control of</div><a data-behaviour="ga-event-synonyms" data-value="view synonyms" href="/web/20160926222854/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/thesaurus/referee">View synonyms</a></div></div></div></li></ul></section><section class="pronSection etym"><h3><strong>Pronunciation:</strong><a class="ipaLink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160926222854/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/key-to-pronunciation" title="Key to pronunciations (British and World English dictionary)"></a></h3><div class="pron"><h2><strong>referee</strong></h2><span class="phoneticspelling">/rɛfəˈriː/</span><span class="pronunciations"><a class="speaker" onclick="this.firstElementChild.play();"><audio src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160926222854im_/http://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/referee_gb_1.mp3"></audio></a></span></div></section></div><div 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id="quiz_option_id_6842" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6842"/><span class="option_text">Their climatic duel is overlong</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6822" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6822"/><span class="option_text">This is the story's climatic moment</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6821" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6821"/><span class="option_text">This is the story's climactic moment</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6831" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6831"/><span class="option_text">Rising carbon dioxide will lead to climatic upheaval</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6832" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6832"/><span class="option_text">Rising carbon dioxide will lead to climactic upheaval</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6838" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6838"/><span class="option_text">This is a periodic climactic phenomenon</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6837" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6837"/><span class="option_text">This is a periodic climatic phenomenon</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6799" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6799"/><span class="option_text">The debate over climatic change continues</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6800" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6800"/><span class="option_text">The debate over climactic change continues</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6834" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6834"/><span class="option_text">I'm watching the climatic end of the race</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6833" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6833"/><span class="option_text">I'm watching the climactic end of the race</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6815" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6815"/><span class="option_text">The game has 10 different climactic endings</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6816" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6816"/><span class="option_text">The game has 10 different climatic endings</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6796" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6796"/><span class="option_text">They reunite in the movie's climatic finale</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6795" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6795"/><span class="option_text">They reunite in the movie's climactic finale</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6826" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6826"/><span class="option_text">The series came to a climatic conclusion</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6825" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6825"/><span 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