These officials are commonly referred to as "referees" but each has a title based on position and responsibilities during the game (only one being called referee): referee, head linesman ("down judge" in the NFL), line judge, umpire, back judge, side judge, and field judge.

A judge is acting as referee in the pay dispute between the trade union and management.

The meaning of REFEREE is one to whom a thing is referred. How to use referee in a sentence.

The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches during a match. [1]

A judge is acting as referee in the pay dispute between the labor union and management.

umpire – referee An umpire or referee is an official whose job is to make sure that a game is played fairly and that the rules are not broken.

A referee is an official who watches a whole game of sports and makes all the decisions. The players of the sport being watched must always admit that the referee is always right, even if they aren't.

In sports where the main official is called an umpire, referee can mean an off-field official who is concerned with the administration of the game and the adjudication of disputes about the rules (for example, the tournament referee in tennis or the match referee in cricket).

referee — / (AmE /ˌrɛfəˈriː/ – BrE /ˌrɛfəˈriː/)/ — Bir karşılaşmayı veya anlaşmazlığı tarafsız biçimde yöneten kişiyi tanımlar. Fransızca référer kökünden evrilmiştir.

Law a person selected by a court to take testimony and recommend a decision: The referee listened to the motorist's explanation and gave him a lower fine. v. to act as a referee for (a game, contest, proposal, etc.): [~ + object] to referee games.[no object] to referee fairly. See -fer-.