referees
Definitions
Noun
- (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or american football) who is expected to ensure fair play
- Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- An attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
Verb
- Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
- Evaluate professionally a colleague's work
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| 1 | reference | 3 | 67 |
| 2 | refer | 2 | 27 |
| 3 | refers | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | references | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | preference | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | preferences | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | prefers | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | frees | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | referee | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | refresh | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | referee's | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | refreshes | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | reveres | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | refenes | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | reefers | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | defrees | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | reserveese | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | refineries | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | referenced | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | preferreds | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 7
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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