Analysis Complete

referee

/ referee /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
Type of:
official
Derived:
umpire refer
Domain:
sport athletics
noun Sense 2
an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
Type of:
lawyer attorney
Domain:
law jurisprudence
verb Sense 3
evaluate professionally a colleague''s work
Type of:
review critique
Derived:
reviewer reader
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
Type of:
judge
Derived:
umpirage officiation officiating refereeing umpire
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
sport athletics
noun Sense 5
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
Type of:
critic
Kinds of:
scanner
Derived:
peer review refer review critique
Semantic Complexity
75%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

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official lawyer attorney review critique judge critic scanner