REF

referee, ref

(noun) (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Ref (plural Refs)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ref is the 32599^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 705 individuals. Ref is most common among White (60.99%), Black/African American (22.84%), and Hispanic/Latino (11.21%) individuals.

Anagrams

• FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

Etymology

Noun

ref (plural refs)

(informal) A referee.

(Philippines, informal) A refrigerator.

Abbreviation of reference.

Abbreviation of refectory.

Verb

ref (third-person singular simple present refs, present participle reffing, simple past and past participle reffed)

(informal) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.

Anagrams

• FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

Proper noun

REF

(UK, education) Initialism of Research Excellence Framework: a system for assessing the quality of research in higher-education institutions.

Anagrams

• FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

Source: Wiktionary

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