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referee

/ˌɹɛf.əˈɹi/ verb C2
  1. To act as a referee. · He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.· She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature.

He/she/it referees · Past refereed · Past participle refereed · -ing form refereeing

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Verb forms

Base form
referee
He/she/it
referees
Past
refereed
Past participle
refereed
-ing form
refereeing

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He says yer refereed him out like a has-been, and never give him no chance to kick at de decision.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 36 · C1
The referee blows his whistle to end the match.
The Big Rugby Match, p. 1 · A2

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