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misreference

/mɪsˈɹɛfəɹəns/

misreference noun: an incorrect reference.

Noun

misreference (countable and uncountable, plural misreferences)

  1. An incorrect reference.

Verb

misreference (third-person singular simple present misreferences, present participle misreferencing, simple past and past participle misreferenced)

  1. (transitive) To incorrectly reference (something).

Forms of misreference

Noun
pluralmisreferences
Verb
third-person singular presentmisreferences
present participlemisreferencing
past participlemisreferenced
pastmisreferenced

Origin of misreference

From mis- + reference.

Questions about misreference

What does misreference mean?
Misreference means an incorrect reference.
What part of speech is misreference?
Misreference can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce misreference?
Misreference is pronounced /mɪsˈɹɛfəɹəns/.
What is the plural of misreference?
The plural of misreference is misreferences.

Words near misreference in the dictionary

  1. misredeemed
  2. misredeeming
  3. misredeems
  4. misree
  5. misrefer
  6. misreference
  7. misreferenced
  8. misreferences
  9. misreferencing
  10. misreferred
  11. misreferring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misreference (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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