I have no idea why a word “referable” is being used. I also use “referable” instead of “referable” and the expression “referable”…
Can a reference look like something that can be referenced? What are the differences between reference and reference?
What makes someone look different?
“Referenceable” is a key word in business. I am using it in an email right now but seeing as I am a little old school, I checked to see if it appears in any dictionaries yet. Why shouldn’t it be
done?
I am looking it up right now because I am copy editing of a business proposal. This is a customer relationship example. The word reference is used in this case. ”
“It does not matter what your opinion is”. ” It comes as a great compliment to yourself.” “
What is the difference between being referred and being referenced.
I can refer someone (bring them up in conversation) or refer someone (do guzvah judgaah) to someone.
In technical terms among the software developers, business analysts and database administrators, the term referenceable could be used to describe a data element that can be linked in some way to another piece of data, by means of some shared data key, and therefore something that can be used. It is a field that is able to be referenced, and it provides a way of understanding what the criteria of an element are for to provide references in a given example.
Examples can be searched from the Internet: https://developers.podio.net. com/doc/items/find-referenceable-items-22485 https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/naming/Referenceable.htm. How
can I create an HTML document with variables?
Can referable be used to denote something which could be referenced? Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary: Capable of being referred,
or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable.
How can I get references for my name when there are no English dictionary? I don’t suggest using it.
Is it likely that in the IT industry, you will use referenceable? I don’t see how “referable” and “referenceable” could possibly be interchanged.
Without a dictionary, referring is to point to something besides an article. Is it not always fair to refer friends to the doctor?
Defining references would be considered validation. In normal pedestrian use, that might be a reference on a job application, or a satisfied customer, etc. What do they do? They are not referrer and are in fact referring. What about my teacher or writer colleague who is an apprentice painter? Also, if anyone could not be a reference, so that’s the only possible way. I can refer a friend to a plumber based on a great experience. In that case I would be the referrer and could be used as a reference.
When the act of being referenceable (as we always utilize this term) is the ability to provide a reference to a prospective client, which requires that reference’s consent, or it is actually the act of being referenceable (as we always utilize this term) is made. A lot of times in our industry, customers don’t want to be used as a reference, no matter how satisfied they are. Usually it is for security reasons, or to protect competitive secrets. In this business, organizations willing to be used as references are rare, and because of this, extremely valuable. Especially in a business filled with custom solutions, a reference can lend credibility to a claim of having a problem.
If I sell a unique piece of technology to the CIA and it solves a critical problem, they wouldn’t let me use it as a reference to another customer. Therefore, they are not referenceable. ” We always ask our clients if “a successful solution would be referenceable. What is the meaning of “So, it’s very common vernacular in our industry, and the meaning is very clear and more accurate than “referable. How
can one avoid the depressing feeling of being “one of the good guys”.
Is it likely that in the IT industry, you will use referenceable? I don’t see how “referable” and “referenceable” could possibly be interchanged.
Without a dictionary, referring is to point to something besides an article. Is it not always fair to refer friends to the doctor?
Defining references would be considered validation. In normal pedestrian use, that might be a reference on a job application, or a satisfied customer, etc. What do they do? They are not referrer and are in fact referring. What about my teacher or writer colleague who is an apprentice painter? Also, if anyone could not be a reference, so that’s the only possible way. I can refer a friend to a plumber based on a great experience. In that case I would be the referrer and could be used as a reference.
When the act of being referenceable (as we always utilize this term) is the ability to provide a reference to a prospective client, which requires that reference’s consent, or it is actually the act of being referenceable (as we always utilize this term) is made. A lot of times in our industry, customers don’t want to be used as a reference, no matter how satisfied they are. Usually it is for security reasons, or to protect competitive secrets. In this business, organizations willing to be used as references are rare, and because of this, extremely valuable. Especially in a business filled with custom solutions, a reference can lend credibility to a claim of having a problem.
If I sell a unique piece of technology to the CIA and it solves a critical problem, they wouldn’t let me use it as a reference to another customer. Therefore, they are not referenceable. ” We always ask our clients if “a successful solution would be referenceable. What is the meaning of “So, it’s very common vernacular in our industry, and the meaning is very clear and more accurate than “referable. How
can one avoid the depressing feeling of being “one of the good guys”.
I suggest that the root of problem is that reference is itself not a verb, or wasn’t until it became one by corruption. Of course, people use it as a verb all the time, and assume it should be so employed, as several of the above examples and answers illustrate. I reckon “verbification” of nouns is the source of many contemporary language conundrums.
What adding to confusion is the now-common dual meanings of reference, in which we make reference to a reference. Something nitpicking might argue that shouldn’t read, “make reference to a referent” but no one says that except linguists talking about language technicalities (or in other similar specialized usage).
I suspect that “referenceable” as a corruption of “referable” has come to be common especially because of frequent and increasing use in information technology (per the somewhat convoluted argument above) and in increasingly technological society, where more and more information necessitates more and more references. Its just a word that gets used more often, so corruption becomes more virulent and rampant. What is good about a reference when it isn’t referable?
Besides the technology context (where, more or less, “refer(ence)able” describes a characteristic of a data element), I most often hear it used when people are talking about disclosure and some work or information can be shared. I think there is a subtle difference in meanings in this usage between whether something can be shared (a) by dint of its own capacity, or (b) because rules permit it. If anything, is needed, what would it be? I agree in all of the above cases with the term “referable”, but I believe it is more correct. “Referenceable” is common and most likely
prevalent.
If the word is really commonly used in business, it is a word, even though the dictionaries have not yet caught up with it. What is the power of English through the adaptation of new words? Is there a distinction between referable and referenceable? In which case a poem would be referable but not referenceable, and a technical guide would be referenceable and perhaps referable.
I received an email from a vendor we work with stating “satisfied, referenceable customers” would be their goal for 2012, after my first year.
I was communicating this to a colleague, and got the familiar squiggly-misspelled-word line in my typed message, and deleted this message. If my right mouse click failed, I visited the Internet and searched. No success. I could not find any source of information. While it would appear that the word is accepted in the business community for its implied meaning, there has not been an official declaration from any familiarly known resource that it is in fact a legitimate word.
But language adapts. Shakespeare made up words that are now commonly used. What are pop culture references? If you don’t believe me, you can
google it.