different between refer vs referent

English

Etymology

From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-fû, IPA^(key): /???f??/
• (US) enPR: r?-fûr, IPA^(key): /???f?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: re?fer

Verb

refer (third-person singular simple present refers, present participle referring, simple past and past participle referred)

1. (transitive) To direct the attention of.

2. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

3. (transitive) 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.

4. (intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

5. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
6. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.
7. (education) Required to resit an examination.

Synonyms

• delegate
• direct

Derived terms

• refer to
• refer someone to

Related terms

• reference
• referral
• relate
• relative
• relation
• relationship

Translations

Further reading

• refer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ferre, Freer, Frere, freer

Catalan

Etymology

re- +? fer (“to do”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??fe/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?fe?/

Verb

refer (first-person singular present refaig, past participle refet)

1. to redo

Conjugation

Further reading

• “refer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refer” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “refer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

refer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of refer?

English

Etymology

refer +? -ent

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???f(?)??nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f???nt/

Noun

referent (plural referents)

1. (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:referent.
2. That which is referenced.

Derived terms

• absent referent

Related terms

• refer
• reference

Translations

Further reading

• referent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• rent-free, tree fern, treefern

Catalan

Noun

referent m (plural referents)

1. (linguistics) referent

Adjective

referent (feminine referenta, masculine plural referents, feminine plural referentes)

1. referencing, referring

Derived terms

• referent a

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?f?r?nt]

Noun

referent m

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.: a person in a certain role
2. referent (the specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes)
   • 1990, Helena B?li?ová, Ján Sedlá?ek, Slovanské souv?tí:

     Neur?enost referentu je totiž v tázací v?t? impulsem pro adresáta, aby referen?ní neur?enost - aspo? z hlediska mluv?ího - odstranil.

   • 1992, Slavia, Volume 61:

     Determinovaná NP je obvykle definována jako referen?n? užitá NP, která presuponuje existenci referentu ve spole?ném univerzu promluvy mluv?ího a adresáta (neboli v ?e?ové situaci, na komunika?ní scén?).

   • 1992, Naše ?e?:

     Jsou-li determinátory v singuláru, mohou, podle kontextu, odkazovat bud k jedinému referentu, anebo k v?tšímu po?tu referent?.

   • 1999, Vladimír Havlík, Mezi jazykem a v?domím:

     Bezpochyby ne?eknu, že nerozumím tvrzení „Braque inicioval kubismus" jen proto, že je mi dostupný nanejvýš deskriptivní zp?sob identifikace referentu jména „Braque".

   • 2002, ?eská literatura, Volume 50:

     Eliminace referentu (de facto jeho vykázání mimo oblast významového sm??ování) se stala programní sou?ástí saussurovské strukturální sémiotiky.

   • 2013, Lenka Gulová, Radim Šíp, Výzkumné metody v pedagogické praxi:

     Pro rozpoznání referentu (p?edm?tu reálného sv?ta) je podmínkou sjednaná konvence mezi mluv?ími. Pojmenování referentu je sociálním ?inem vznikajícím na rovin? sémantiky.

See also

• denotát

Related terms

• See oferta

Further reading

• referent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• referent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
• referent in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
• REFERENT in Nový encyklopedický slovník ?eštiny, czechency.org

Danish

Noun

referent

1. referent (thing which word denotes)

Declension

Further reading

• “referent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

referent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of refer?

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Referent, from Latin refer?ns, present participle of refer?.

Noun

referent m (feminine equivalent referentka)

1. speaker (“one who makes a speech to an audience”)

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From German Referent, from Latin referens.

Noun

referent m (plural referen?i)

1. consultant, advisor

Declension