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.
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(181) The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch.
(182) Still, the only thing it ever kept me from doing in sports was being a football referee.
(183) What on earth the referee had done to incur such mindless, moronic abuse, one can only hazard a guess.
(184) Biggs rolled over on to his back and remained motionless for more than two minutes after referee Larry O'Connell had completed the count.
(184) Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
(185) The Referee glanced at his watch and blew the whistle for half-time.
(186) Ardiles was critical of the performance of referee Edward Parker, who booked eight players.
(187) The referee gave a blast on his whistle and we were off.
(188) But referee Neale Barry waved play on much to Ince's fury.
(189) It looked a harsh decision, especially when the referee allowed late tackles to go unpunished.
(190) Referee Steve Bennett banished him from the dugout and reported him to the Football Association.
(191) Harrick furiously slapped the press table and raged at referee Mark Reischling.
(192) Trinidad was warned for low blows twice by referee Mitch Halpern.
(193) The referee has to see and correctly interpret extremely fast actions.
(194) Fifteen seconds earlier he had been knocked down and lay on the canvas as the referee counted just short of a knockout.
(195) If this was not disgraceful behaviour, they also threw coins and plastic etc. at the linesman, referee and Linfield players!
(196) The referee examines any injury resulting during the bout and, if necessary, a doctor is summoned.
(197) The referee patrols the bandaged ropes(sentencedict.com), dapper in his black bow tie.
(198) The referee added seven minutes of injury time in a stop-start first half.
(199) And referee trying to prize them apart, to keep at least the pretence of a fight going.
(200) Traditionally traders play farmers in the match, which has no referee and no rules.
(201) The referee awarded a penalty and, after consulting the linesman, ordered an early bath for Sansome.
(202) Under the laws, the referee is the sole judge of fact and laws during a match.
(203) I am glad to see that the referee Leslie Irvine has filed an official complaint.
(204) Referee Alf Buksh is understood to have complained in his match report of being verbally abused by officials from both teams.
(205) He was sent off the court for arguing with a referee.
(206) The referee assumed that I was ignorant of the difference between the two concepts and launched into a torrent of abuse.
(207) Inept handling of the match by the referee ensured that the game would not pass without incident.
(208) The assistant referee signals for offside against Gregory Tade.
(209) The heckler made a score off the referee.
(210) The referee penalises Jason Puncheon for handball.
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