рефери́ровать

verbperfective & imperfective

1.
to abstract, to summarize, to make a synopsis of
Он рефери́рует статьи́ для нау́чного журна́ла.
He writes abstracts of articles for a scholarly journal.
Typically of scholarly articles or books; the product is a реферат (abstract).
2.
to review, to referee, to peer-reviewacademia
Э́ту ру́копись рефери́ровали два экспе́рта.
Two experts reviewed this manuscript.
Of manuscripts submitted to a journal.
3.
(rare) to report on, to give a talk on, to present
На семина́ре он рефери́ровал но́вую кни́гу.
At the seminar he gave a summary of the new book.
Of presenting a summary of a topic to an audience.
4.
(rare) to referee, to umpire, to officiatesports
Фина́льный матч рефери́ровал италья́нец.
An Italian refereed the final match.
Sports jargon, from рефери 'referee'.

Examples

Студентам поручили реферировать научные публикации.
The students were assigned to write abstracts of scholarly publications.
Я умею быстро реферировать длинные тексты.
I can quickly summarize long texts.
Он будет реферировать статью на семинаре.
He will present a summary of the article at the seminar.

Imperative
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Active present	рефери́рующий	referring, reviewing, summarizing
Active past	рефери́ровавший	Having abstracted, having reviewed, having summarized
Passive present	рефери́руемый	peer-reviewed, refereed
Passive past	рефери́рованный	refereed, peer-reviewed
Gerund present	рефери́руя	while doing (present)
Gerund past	реферировавши	while doing (past)

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