Word: refereeship
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
fer
ee
ship
Definition: The role or status of referee.
Morphemes:
Affix: refer
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: referre
Language: la
Decoded: referre
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I say in return, respond, reply, answer, represent.
Affix: -ee
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
Affix: -ship
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union.