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" People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement."
Andrew J. Bernstein

Meaning of "referring" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF REFERRING

rɪˈfɜːrɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFERRING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Referring is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb referring in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REFERRING

PRESENT

Present
I refer
you refer
he/she/it refers
we refer
you refer
they refer
Present continuous
I am referring
you are referring
he/she/it is referring
we are referring
you are referring
they are referring
Present perfect
I have referred
you have referred
he/she/it has referred
we have referred
you have referred
they have referred
Present perfect continuous
I have been referring
you have been referring
he/she/it has been referring
we have been referring
you have been referring
they have been referring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I referred
you referred
he/she/it referred
we referred
you referred
they referred
Past continuous
I was referring
you were referring
he/she/it was referring
we were referring
you were referring
they were referring
Past perfect
I had referred
you had referred
he/she/it had referred
we had referred
you had referred
they had referred
Past perfect continuous
I had been referring
you had been referring
he/she/it had been referring
we had been referring
you had been referring
they had been referring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will refer
you will refer
he/she/it will refer
we will refer
you will refer
they will refer
Future continuous
I will be referring
you will be referring
he/she/it will be referring
we will be referring
you will be referring
they will be referring
Future perfect
I will have referred
you will have referred
he/she/it will have referred
we will have referred
you will have referred
they will have referred
Future perfect continuous
I will have been referring
you will have been referring
he/she/it will have been referring
we will have been referring
you will have been referring
they will have been referring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would referring
you would referring
he/she/it would referring
we would referring
you would referring
they would referring
Conditional continuous
I would be referring
you would be referring
he/she/it would be referring
we would be referring
you would be referring
they would be referring
Conditional perfect
I would have referring
you would have referring
he/she/it would have referring
we would have referring
you would have referring
they would have referring
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been referring
you would have been referring
he/she/it would have been referring
we would have been referring
you would have been referring
they would have been referring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you refer
we let´s refer
you refer
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to refer
Past participle
referred
Present Participle
referring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFERRING

burring · curmurring · deferring · demurring · deterring · erring · firring · furring · inferring · nonrecurring · occurring · purring · recurring · reoccurring · shirring · slurring · soul-stirring · stirring · unerring · whirring

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFERRING

reference library · reference mark · reference number · reference point · reference strip · referencer · referenda · referendary · referendum · referent · referential · referentiality · referentially · referrable · referral · referred · referred pain · referrer · referrible · reffo

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFERRING

barring · blurring · bring · charring · co-starring · concurring · conferring · earring · herring · incurring · interring · jarring · marring · preferring · red herring · scarring · sparring · spurring · starring · transferring · warring

Synonyms and antonyms of referring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REFERRING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «referring» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «referring» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF REFERRING

Find out the translation of referring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of referring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «referring» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

refiriéndose
570 millions of speakers
en

English

referring
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

जिक्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشيرا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ссылаясь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

referindo-se
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

referrible
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

référant
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Boleh dirujuk
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Bezug
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

参照
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

참조
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Referrible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đề cập
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

referrible
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उल्लेखनीय
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

referrible
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

riferimento
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

odnosząc
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

посилаючись
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

referindu-se
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραπέμποντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwys
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hänvisning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

henviser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of referring

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFERRING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of referring
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about referring

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «REFERRING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word referring.
1
William Ames
From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer.
2
William Ames
Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation.
3
Antonin Artaud
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.
4
Andrew J. Bernstein
People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.
5
Barbara Billingsley
People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver.
6
Lionel Blue
Good things come, and I'm not just referring to riding the buses.
7
Andrew Coyle Bradley
In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly from the facts, and to collect from them gradually an idea of Shakespearean Tragedy.
8
Tina Brown
It always seemed to me ironic that the McCain campaign kept referring sneeringly to Obama's meager resume - 'a mere community organizer!' - before he entered electoral politics. It was Obama's experience as a community organizer that proved such a killer app when he applied that skill to the Internet.
9
Lizzy Caplan
It's weird, It's really weird to be called a breakout star. And some people are referring to my show as the new 'Friends', which I can't really even wrap my head around.
10
Charlie Daniels
My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you're referring to, but I want to do some of my old gospel favorites. That's what my next album's going to be.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFERRING»

Discover the use of referring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to referring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reference and Referring
These fifteen original essays address the core semantic concepts of reference andreferring from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives.
William P. Kabasenche, Michael O'Rourke, Matthew H. Slater, 2012
2
Referring
The speech act of referring then underlies the semantic concept of reference. The act of referring is at the same time a meaning act though the act of meaning is not always a referring act.
Youngjae Jee, 2007
3
Referring: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
4
On Referring in Literature
What is the relationship between the "real" world and fictional constructs? How is referential illusion created? The purpose of this volume is to show the close links between reference and interpretation.
Anna Whiteside, Michael Issacharoff, 1987
5
Writing to Clients and Referring Professionals about ...
"This book represents a natural evolution from the author's work with editing assessment reports and is specifically structured to meet the writing and communicating needs of the psychologist assessor.
Janet B. Allyn, 2012
6
Referring to God: Jewish and Christian Philosophical and ...
This book brings together for the first time modern philosophical discussion (in the analytic tradition) of philosophical themes and issues common to the Jewish and Christian traditions.
Paul Helm, 2000
7
Generating referring expressions: constructing descriptions ...
Robert Dale presents a detailed description of the development of algorithms for the generation of referring expressions, and of the underlying structures that motivate these algorithms, in a dynamic domain.
Robert Dale, 1992
8
Referring Expressions in English and Japanese: Patterns of ...
2.1 Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to critically review approaches to referring expressions in spoken discourse by providing a cognitively unified view on the theoretical issues governing the choice and behaviour of referring ...
Etsuko Yoshida, 2011
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The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated by Referring the ...
THE INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS ILLUSTRATED BY REFERRING THE ANOMALIES IN THE LITERARY CHARACTER, TO THE HABITS AND CONSTITUTIONAL PECULIARITIES OF MEN OF GENIUS. BY R. R. MADDEN, ESQ. AUTHOR OP ...
Richard Robert Madden, 1833
10
Ich Kenne Kant...? - So Called Legal and Business "ethics" ...
This text is also written upon the wish to introduce readers not specialised in so called KANTian "ethics" to a (partly very shocking), "down-to-earth" KANT insofar as KANT is shown here with texts full of prejudices, insulting statements, ...
Georg Schilling, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFERRING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term referring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sen. Ron Johnson regrets referring to 'idiot inner city kids'
On a local radio show, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) made a passing reference to liberals' indifference to “those idiot inner city kids.” He was talking about the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
FIFA article draws criticism for referring to Morgan's looks
United States' Alex Morgan (13) tries to place the ball past Germany keeper Nadine Angerer during the first half of a semifinal in the Women's World Cup soccer ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
3
GP delays referring cancer patients are costing 10000 lives a year …
GP delays referring cancer patients are costing 10,000 lives a year, Nice warns. Family doctors to be issued with checklist of symptoms to help them spot cancer ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Stop Referring to Fathers as Babysitters
My parents divorced when I was around six years old. Up until that point, I have very few memories of spending time with my dad. After the divorce, my sister and ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
5
One Direction Fans Are FREAKING OUT Over Perrie Edwards …
On Thursday, a video surfaced of Perrie referring to herself as "Perrie Malik," which leads us to wonder…did the two get secretly married!? [ Related: Zayn ... «PerezHilton.com, Jun 15»
6
Sixers stop referring to home arena as The Wells Fargo Center
The Sixers have decided to stop referring to the Wells Fargo Center by name in all news releases and on the team website because the financial institution ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
7
Yearbook Recalled For Referring To Minority Students As 'Trash …
Berkeley High School administrators recalled the 2015 yearbook last week because of a passage referring to students in a predominately black and Latino ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
8
GFOTY Apologizes For Referring To Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté As …
Update, 6/8/2015, 4:15 PM: Lotic wrote a Facebook post in response to GFOTY's deleted iMessages. "'i told you' isn't even the right response to this," he writes, ... «The FADER, Jun 15»
9
California school's yearbook recalled for referring to students as …
Within days of graduation, Berkeley High School students are being asked to return their yearbooks after administrators at the California school discovered ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
10
BBC Radio Host Apologizes for Referring to Caitlyn Jenner as "He"
A BBC radio host has apologized for referring to Caitlyn Jenner as "he" during a popular show, which had drawn criticism on social media. James Naughtie had ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jun 15»
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