referee
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
Types & categories
- official hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
Types & categories
- judge hypernym
Related & opposite
- officiation derivation
- umpirage derivation
- referee derivation
- umpire derivation
- sport domain topic
Sense 3 noun
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- critique derivation
- peer review derivation
- refer derivation
Sense 4 verb
evaluate professionally a colleague's work
Types & categories
- critique hypernym
Related & opposite
- reviewer derivation
Sense 5 noun
an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
Types & categories
- lawyer hypernym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | umpire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refer |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | official |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | officiation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | umpirage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | referee |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | umpire |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | judge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | critique |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peer review |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | critic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scanner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reviewer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | critique |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | lawyer |