Referred vs Referee - What's the difference?
referred | referee |
(refer)
To direct the attention of.
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
(rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
# (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence
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(sports) An umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game
A person who settles a dispute
A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone
An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published
To act as a referee.
* 'He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.'
* 'She has to finish refereeing an article for Nature .'
As verbs the difference between referred and referee
is that referred is (refer) while referee is .referred
English
Verb
(head)refer
English
Verb
(referr)- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
- He referred the matter to the principal.
- to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
- He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
Synonyms
* delegate * directDerived terms
* refer to * refer someone toAnagrams
* English palindromes ----referee
English
Noun
(en noun)- 'The referee kicked Jim out of the game for fighting.'
- Your application, along with letters from three referees , should be received by January 31.