Ref.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ref"

English

Noun

Ref.

1. (law) Abbreviation of refining.
2. (law) Abbreviation of referee. (title)

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431; "Judges and Officials", Table T11, p. 443.

Adjective

Ref. (not comparable)

1. (Christianity) Abbreviation of Reformed.

   Coordinate term: Luth.

Anagrams

• FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

German

Noun

Ref. m (strong, genitive Ref., plural Ref.)

1. Abbreviation of Referent.

Declension

Declension of Ref. [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ref.	die	Ref.
genitive	eines	des	Ref.	der	Ref.
dative	einem	dem	Ref.	den	Ref.
accusative	einen	den	Ref.	die	Ref.

Noun

Ref. f (genitive Ref., plural Ref.)

1. Abbreviation of Referentin.
2. Abbreviation of Referenz.

Declension

Declension of Ref. [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ref.	die	Ref.
genitive	einer	der	Ref.	der	Ref.
dative	einer	der	Ref.	den	Ref.
accusative	eine	die	Ref.	die	Ref.

Further reading

• “Ref.” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon