Refereed vs. Referred — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Refereed and Referred
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Refereed
One to whom something is referred, especially for settlement, decision, or an opinion as to the thing's quality.
Referred
To direct to a source for help or information
Referred her to a heart specialist.
Referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.
Refereed
Sports & Games An official supervising the play; an umpire.
Referred
To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
Refereed
(Law) A person appointed by a court to assist a judge in the trying of a case or to hear certain types of cases.
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Referred
To direct the attention of
I refer you to the training manual.
Refereed
To judge as referee.
Referred
To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
Refereed
To act as referee.
Referred
To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class
Referred the newly discovered partita to the 1600s.
Refereed
Simple past tense and past participle of referee
Referred
To relate or pertain; concern
Questions referring to yesterday's lecture.
Refereed
Said of articles or books that have undergone peer review
She has published four books, twenty refereed articles, and dozens of book reviews.
Referred
To serve as a descriptor or have as a denotation
The word chair refers to a piece of furniture.
Refereed
Said of a journal whose articles are submitted to peer review
Lexicography Illustrated isn't a refereed journal, is it?
Referred
To speak or write about something briefly or incidentally; make reference
Referred during our conversation to several books he was reading.
Referred
To turn one's attention, as in seeking information
Refer to a dictionary.
Referred
Simple past tense and past participle of refer
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