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critic | referee | Related terms |

Critic is a related term of referee.


As an adjective critic

is critical.

As a noun critic

is critic.

As a verb referee is

.

critic

English

(wikipedia critic)

Alternative forms

* critick (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who appraises the works of others.
  • * Macaulay
  • The opinion of the most skilful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's Traveller ] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the Dunciad.
  • A specialist in judging works of art.
  • One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
  • * I. Watts
  • When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature.
  • An opponent.
  • (an act of criticism)
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Make each day a critic on the last.
  • (the art of criticism)
  • * John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Chapter 21, page 550
  • And, perhaps, if they were distinctly weighed, and duly considered, they would afford us another sort of logic and critic , than what we have been hitherto acquainted with.

    Verb

  • (obsolete, ambitransitive) To criticise.
  • * A. Brewer
  • Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    referee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) An umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game
  • 'The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.'
  • A person who settles a dispute
  • A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone
  • Your application, along with letters from three referees , should be received by January 31.
  • An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published
  • Usage notes

    * In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.

    Verb

    (d)
  • To act as a referee.
  • * 'He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.'
  • * 'She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature .'