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Refereeing

To act as a referee.

📖 Definitions of "Refereeing"

verb
  1. 1

    To act as a referee.

    "He has to referee three hockey games this weekend."

noun
  1. 1

    The peer review process

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WordDefinition
umpiragenoun(law, archaic) The office (or term of office) of an umpire
officiatingnounthe act of umpiring
officiationnounThe act of officiating.
umpiringverbAn official who presides over a sports match.

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WordDefinition
officiationnounThe act of officiating.
umpiragenoun(law, archaic) The office (or term of office) of an umpire
officiatingnounthe act of umpiring
umpiringverbAn official who presides over a sports match.
arbitratornounA person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.
arbiternounA person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
arbitrateverbTo make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter
adjudicativeOf or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
arbitrationnounA process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
adjudicationnounThe act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
arbitragenoun(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
tradeoffnounAn advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.
trade-offnounAny situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.
adjudicatingverb(transitive) To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.
arbitratingverbTo make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter
rereviewnounA subsequent review.
rereferencingnounreferencing again
rereferralnounReferral again or anew; the act or process of rereferring.
metareviewnounA review of a review.
subbingverbA copy editing process.

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