# refereeing

Pronunciation: say "ref-uh-REE-ing" US /ˌɹɛfəˈɹiːɪŋ/, UK /ˌɹɛf.əˈɹiː.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of referee. — present participle and gerund of referee
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of referee. Use this form for the act of being a referee.
   - _Refereeing a championship final demands calm under constant pressure._
   - _He has spent years refereeing professional basketball across the country._

## Noun

2. The process by which experts examine a scholarly paper to judge its quality before publication.
   - Simple: The checking of a research paper by other experts before it is published.
   - _The paper spent six months in refereeing before being accepted._
   - _Strict refereeing improves the reliability of published findings._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/refereeing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).