Referenced
verbCited a source, or directed attention to a particular document or piece of information.
How to spell referenced
10 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce referenced
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does referenced mean?
- verbCited a source, or directed attention to a particular document or piece of information.
- adjectiveSupported by or supplied with citations to sources.
Referenced in a sentence
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verb
The report referenced three earlier studies to support its conclusion.
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adjective
A well referenced essay carries more weight with the examiner.
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verb
She referenced the original contract before signing the amendment.
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adjective
Every claim in the carefully referenced dossier could be traced to a source.
Where does referenced come from?
Language of origin: Latin
This word descends from the Latin verb referre, meaning literally 'to carry back', formed from re- ('back') and ferre ('to carry or bear'). In Latin the sense extended to 'reporting back' or 'attributing something to a source', and that idea of pointing back to an origin survives in the modern meaning. English took the noun 'reference' through Old French in the late 1500s, and the verb 'to reference', meaning to cite or direct attention to a source, grew out of it, with the past-tense form 'referenced' following the regular pattern. The same ferre root carries (literally) through a surprising crowd of relatives, including 'transfer', 'infer', 'confer' and 'fertile'. The single r after the prefix re- is the spelling trap: there is no doubling here, even though related words tempt writers to add an extra consonant.
How the word is built
- re- (back)
- fer (from Latin ferre: to carry, to bear)
- -ence (noun-forming suffix)
- -ed (past tense/participle)
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