ref
Court call maker
Ref is informal for referee—the official who enforces rules in sports: The ref called a foul.
In writing and academic contexts, ref shortens reference: See the refs at the end of the chapter.
As a verb, to ref is to officiate: She's reffing the match tonight.
Sports match official
- linesmanSideline sports official
- judgeOne who decides
- arbiterOne who settles disputes
- adjudicatorOne rendering formal decisions
whistle · call · ruling · decision · review · VAR · replay · foul
Sports match official
- linesmanSideline sports official
- fourth officialSoccer's sideline arbiter
- instant replayRepeated broadcast of action
- callContact by phone
whistle · flag · foul · penalty · offside · out of bounds · technical foul · ejection
Citation at page bottom
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- bibliographyList of cited works
- sourcePoint of origin
- quotationCited passage or price
annotation · excerpt · author · journal · article · page number · cite · attribution
umpire
Sports match official
adjudicator · whistle · call · ruling · decision · review · VAR · replay · foul · penalty
umpire
Sports match official
- linesmanSideline sports official
- fourth officialSoccer's sideline arbiter
- instant replayRepeated broadcast of action
call · whistle · flag · foul · penalty · offside · out of bounds · technical foul · ejection · match official
footnote
Citation at page bottom
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- bibliographyList of cited works
- sourcePoint of origin
quotation · annotation · excerpt · author · journal · article · page number · cite · attribution · hyperlink
abbreviation
Shortened word form
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
- notationSystem of written symbols
- shorteningReducing length or duration
label · tag · pointer · code · identifier · lookup · see also · ibid · supra · infra
- Sports Officialsumpire, official, linesman, judge, match official
- officiatingumpire, official, linesman, match official, field judge
- Soccergoal, soccer, pass, football, goalkeeper
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
- Pro Wrestlingheel, WrestleMania, face turn, Royal Rumble, kayfabe
- operatorsplus, minus, negation, equals, not
refplayer
Game participant
competitor · athlete · contestant · participant · team member
- refer toDirect to for information
- points of referenceStandards for comparison or orientation
- reference guideInformational consultation resource
- reference worksPublications for looking things up
- reference listsCataloged source citations
- frame of referenceContext for judgment
refer, referee, reference, referees, referendum, reffed, reffing