how to pronounce reference

/ˈɹɛf.əɹ.əns/

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reference is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of reference in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… is clearly a reference to his group of …”

meaning of reference

Reference is a noun that means a source of information or a document that provides information about a subject.

reference frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word reference occurs in english on average 79.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics reference can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that reference can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) education, science, and technology;