ref
Origin of ref
1Other definitions for ref. (2 of 2)
referee.
reference.
referred.
refining.
reformation.
reformed.
refund.
refunding.
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How to use ref in a sentence
On a green field below the sloping campus, teams huddle and plot strategy as group leaders and refs get the games into place.
A Camp Away From Terror: Where Israeli and Palestinian Kids Find Common Ground | Nina Strochlic | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHalf the time, we had to fight the refs to allow him to play in his turban.
The NCAA’s First Sikh Basketball Player Memorialized at the Smithsonian | Simran Jeet Singh | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTProgressives have been good at working the refs this election season.
Yes, The Debate Moderator Screwed Up. That's Life. | Megan McArdle | October 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats and Republicans are already working the media refs at the second presidential debate.
I think this rather overestimates both the ability to "work the refs" in the media, and also, the power of doing so.
VP Debate: No Winners, But No Big Losers Either | Megan McArdle | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The refs called him on it a bunch of times over the weekend, and he kept on promising to stick by it, and kept on going back.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for ref (1 of 2)
/ (rɛf) /
informal short for referee
British Dictionary definitions for ref. (2 of 2)
referee
reference
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