referee /ref-ə-rēˈ/ noun (informal shortening ref)

1. A person to whom anything is referred
2. An arbitrator, umpire or judge
3. A person willing to provide a testimonial

To act as referee for

To act as referee

refˈerence noun

1. The act of referring
2. A submitting for information or decision
3. The act of submitting a dispute for investigation or decision (law)
4. Relation
5. Allusion
6. A person who is referred to
7. A testimonial
8. A person willing to provide this
9. A direction to a book or passage
10. A book or passage used for reference

1. To make a reference to
2. To provide (a book, etc) with references to other sources

(of a price, point on a scale, etc) providing a standard to which others may be referred for comparison

referendary /-endˈə-ri/ noun (obsolete)

1. A referee
2. Formerly a court official who was the medium of communication with the Pope, emperor, etc

referenˈdum noun (pl referenˈda or referenˈdums)

The principle or practice of submitting a question directly to the vote of the entire electorate

refˈerent noun

1. The object of reference or discussion
2. The first term in a proposition

referential /-enˈshl/ adjective

1. Containing a reference
2. Having reference (to)
3. Used for reference

referenˈtially adverb

referrˈal noun

Act or instance of referring or being referred, esp to another person or organization for, eg consideration, treatment, etc

referrˈer noun

reference book noun

1. A book to be consulted on occasion, not for consecutive reading
2. A pass book (S Afr)

reference library noun

A library whose books may not be taken away on loan

refˈerence-mark noun

A character, such as *, †, or a superscript figure, used to refer to notes, etc

referred pain noun

Pain felt in a part of the body other than its source

terms of reference

1. A guiding statement defining the scope of an investigation or similar piece of work
2. The scope itself