Name and Referee

Name

Name verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

Usage example: they finally named a date for the wedding

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Referee and name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Referee" instead a verb "Name".

Nearby Words: named, nameless, naming

Referee verb - To give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute).

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Name and referee are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Name" instead a verb "Referee".

known	known name	known referee
good	good name	good referee
female	female name	female referee
normal	normal name	normal referee
Other adjectives: current, original, personal, new, former, official, said.

game	name game	referee game
kids	name kids	referee kids

A yellow card is sometimes referred to as a "booking", as the referee writes down the player's name in his little book.

Source: Useful Notes / Footy Rules
In "The Girl Who Was Death", a line of dialogue by a boxing referee is often misheard as announcing McGoohan's character by the name "Mr. Drake".

Source: Series / The Prisoner (1967)
Referee: If I let you go out there with a broken finger, I'll lose my Bagging Referee's License... And I can't remember the name of the website I downloaded it from.

Source: Mundane Made Awesome / Live-Action TV

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