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OFFICIATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does officiating mean?
• OFFICIATING (noun)
The noun OFFICIATING has 1 sense:
1. the act of umpiring
Familiarity information: OFFICIATING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of umpiring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
officiating; officiation; refereeing; umpirage
Context example:
the officiating was excellent
Hypernyms ("officiating" is a kind of...):
deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)
Derivation:
officiate (perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function)
Context examples
“Is it possible that I had the honour, sir, of officiating when—?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mr. Weston directed the whole, officiating safely between Hartfield and the Vicarage, and every body was in good time.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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