ref

(rĕf)
n. Informal
A referee.

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noun

A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict: arbiter, arbitrator, judge, referee, umpire. Sports ump. See decide/hesitate.

On drawings, abbr. for “refer” or “reference.”

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• Football
• Abbreviations - ref: reference

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dommer (sport: referee)

Nederlands (Dutch)
scheidsrechter(en), betreft (in aanhef brief), zie (verwijzing)

Français (French)
n. - référence, (Sport) arbitre
v. tr. - arbitrer
v. intr. - servir d'arbitre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schiedsrichter
v. - schiedsrichtern

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - διαιτητής, παραπομπή, διαιτητεύω
n. - διαιτητής
v. - διαιτητεύω

Italiano (Italian)
arbitrare, arbitro

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - ref.
n. - referência (f)
v. - encaminhar

Русский (Russian)
судить, рефери, ссылка

Español (Spanish)
n. - árbitro
v. tr. - arbitrar
v. intr. - hacer de árbitro

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - hänvisning, fotbollsdomare, referens, reformera
n. - fotbollsdomare
v. - döma i fotbollsmatch

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
裁判员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 裁判員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 심판관

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - レフェリー, 審判員

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) إختصار لمرجع (الاسم) الحكم في مباراة (فعل) يشير إلى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שופט (בספורט), הפניה‬

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