ref
IPA: rˈɛf
noun
- (Philippines, informal) refrigerator.
- A surname.
- (informal) Clipping of referee. [(sports) An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.]
- Abbreviation of reference. [(literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).]
- Abbreviation of refectory. [A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.]
- (mathematics, linear algebra) Initialism of row echelon form. [(linear algebra) The stepped appearance of a matrix that has undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it.]
- (UK, education) Initialism of Research Excellence Framework: a system for assessing the quality of research in higher-education institutions.
verb
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.
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Examples of "ref" in Sentences
- The first ref breaks the line right after the caret.
- It's an embarrassment in the writing and paucity of refs.
- I suggest we clean it up, regularize the refs, and submit it.
- I assure you the rest of the article, the ref placement is sound.
- I contend the ref is correct, as it's the exact title of the song.
- The location of the ref mark is too fragile to encode information.
- Then I found the site Buzzword bingo and added the refs there as well.
- But this ref is just for the blazon of the crest within the crest badge.
- The battle is the final attempt by the Ref to dislodge the Invid from Earth.
- I added the ref to the encyclopedia of ceativity and its brainstorming article.
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