Referee meaning in English
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Definition
a referee: an umpire, an arbitrator, an adjudicator, an official
to referee: to judge, to arbitrate, to umpire, to adjudicate
Examples
- "the president of a multi-national perfume company should not be refereeing an illegal kung fu-style boxing match."
- "The referee is a tit, but sometimes we have to live with many tits in life."
- "They never argue with the referee."
- "Campaigning for the environment, counting money. Referees"
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the broadcast. Use the hints to help you!
This word describes the part of a tree that goes under the ground. It is also used in the plural to refer to the origins of someone or something. "Although I am now a famous movie star, my are in the theatre."
This word refers to the person who is in charge of enforcing the rules during a sports game. This person watches the game closely and judges whether to give yellow or red cards when one of the teams isn't behaving well. "The gave Zidane a red card during the World Cup for hurting one of the Italian players."
This word describes the part of a tree that goes under the ground. It is also used in the plural to refer to the origins of someone or something. "Although I am now a famous movie star, my are in the theatre."
This word refers to the person who is in charge of enforcing the rules during a sports game. This person watches the game closely and judges whether to give yellow or red cards when one of the teams isn't behaving well. "The gave Zidane a red card during the World Cup for hurting one of the Italian players."
Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the broadcast. Use the hints to help you!
This word describes the part of a tree that goes under the ground. It is also used in the plural to refer to the origins of someone or something. "Although I am now a famous movie star, my roots 1 are in the theatre."
This word refers to the person who is in charge of enforcing the rules during a sports game. This person watches the game closely and judges whether to give yellow or red cards when one of the teams isn't behaving well. "The referee 2 gave Zidane a red card during the World Cup for hurting one of the Italian players."
This word describes the part of a tree that goes under the ground. It is also used in the plural to refer to the origins of someone or something. "Although I am now a famous movie star, my roots 1 are in the theatre."
This word refers to the person who is in charge of enforcing the rules during a sports game. This person watches the game closely and judges whether to give yellow or red cards when one of the teams isn't behaving well. "The referee 2 gave Zidane a red card during the World Cup for hurting one of the Italian players."
1 roots: This is the correct choice. A tree's roots are the part of the tree that goes underneath the ground, which absorbs water. This term is often used figuratively, however, to describe the "origins" of a person or object. In this broadcast, the rugby fan compliments the sport of rugby, saying it has "gentlemanly roots". She probably means that rugby is a distinguished, respectable sport.
2 referee: A "referee" is a judge who officiates a sports game. He enforces the rules of the game, deciding whether or not a player can keep playing after an offense. Note that in British English, "referee" also describes a person who can give further information about a candidate for a position (in US, this person is called a "reference").
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