Synonym: arbitrator, judge, mediator, moderator, umpire. Similar words: reference, preference, referendum, preferential, refer, prefer, refer to, preferred. Meaning: [‚refə'rɪː] 
n. 1. (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play 2. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication 3. an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case. v. 1. be a referee or umpire in a sports competition 2. evaluate professionally a colleague's work.
n. 1. (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play 2. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication 3. an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case. v. 1. be a referee or umpire in a sports competition 2. evaluate professionally a colleague's work. 
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(121) Jurgen appointed himself as race referee and official timekeeper.
(122) Hall's touchdown pass was nullified by the referee.
(123) The referee hobbled off with a pulled muscle.
(124) The referee stopped the fight.
(125) Policeman, judge, delivery boy, priest, referee,[www.Sentencedict.com] commissionaire.
(126) Referee Worrall pointed to the penalty spot.
(127) The referee declared him onside.
(128) He was overruled by the referee.
(129) Referee Bob Nixon was told of the outburst and immediately showed the red card to the big target man.
(130) The referee had earlier issued four warnings and with players involved in their private feuds there was little constructive rugby.
(131) No referee, no rules regarding ethics, no time limits were imposed - certainly Queensbury rules were scoffed at.
(132) Briefly, if the referee points his fingers this indicates that some one had done something wrong.
(133) Some supporters ran onto the field and assaulted the referee.
(134) But referee Ed Morrison's leniency led to bad blood spilling over in a six-man brawl as Richards looked for revenge.
(135) Football fans ran onto the field and surrounded the referee.
(136) The referee ignored a blatant handball and several other offences and I was beginning to think it was not our day.
(137) According to referee Joe Cortez[Sentencedict.com], Golota had a seizure and began to swallow his tongue and momentarily stopped breathing.
(138) A fight could end three ways: by knockout, surrender or by intervention of the referee.
(139) It came just 60 seconds after Robert Molenaar had handled the ball in his own box with referee Andy D'Urso unsighted.
(140) The contest turned out more like a flyweight taking on a cruiserweight, with the referee on the cruiser's side.
(141) Magic Johnson is fined $ 10, 000 and suspended three games for bumping referee Scott Foster.
(142) A referee can be called in for some disputes between neighbors.
(143) But after deliberation, referee Hart pointed to the spot and Molby cracked in the penalty.
(144) Notice that the bell and not the referee calling a halt is the deciding factor here.
(145) Referee Robert Davies sent him packing after a mass fight.
(146) Always wait for the referee to stop the bout and never drop your guard on the bell.
(147) Both linesmen and the referee had poor games with bad off-sides decisions being given against both sides.
(148) Women who have attended the Dow-Stoker Returner courses can always give the course tutor as a referee.
(149) The referee made a sweeping gesture with his arm over the prostrate figure of the white fighter.
(150) Dennis Rodman is fined $ 20, 000 and suspended six games for head-butting referee Ted Bernhardt.
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