Officiate and Referee

Officiate

Officiate verb - Act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding.

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Referee and officiate are semantically related in umpire topic. In some cases you can use "Referee" instead a verb "Officiate".

Nearby Words: official, officiating, officiant

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

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Officiate and referee are semantically related in umpire topic. You can use "Officiate" instead a verb "Referee".

game	officiate game	referee game
competition	officiate competition	referee competition

Perhaps, given his past as a referee, he'll be forced to officiate all of Sheamus's matches.

Source: WMG / WWE
Sleeves Are for Wimps: As a heel in the early-to-mid 2000s, he would always wear the typical striped referee shirt, with the sleeves cut off, when he was assigned to officiate a match.

Source: Wrestling / Triple H
Referee, who always manages to always be where the principal characters are in order to officiate the robottle about to happen.

Source: Video Game / Medabots

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