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refereeing

refereeing is the present participle and gerund of referee.

Noun

refereeing (usually uncountable, plural refereeings)

  1. (usually) The act by which something is refereed.
  2. (usually) The peer review process.

Meaning of referee

Verb

referee (third-person singular simple present referees, present participle refereeing, simple past and past participle refereed)

  1. To act as a referee.
    • He has to referee three hockey games this weekend.

See all 5 meanings of referee

Forms of refereeing

pluralrefereeings

Questions about refereeing

What does refereeing mean?
Refereeing means the act by which something is refereed.
What is refereeing the present participle and gerund of?
Refereeing is the present participle and gerund of referee.
What part of speech is refereeing?
Refereeing is a noun.
What is the plural of refereeing?
The plural of refereeing is refereeings.

Words near refereeing in the dictionary

  1. referee
  2. referee assistant
  3. referee assistants
  4. referee's crease
  5. refereed
  6. refereeing
  7. refereeings
  8. referees
  9. refereeship
  10. refereeships
  11. referencable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refereeing (page history and authors); referee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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