referring

colonial, controversial, lyrical, most, naughty, scientific, short, specific

She was referring to the controversial study that made headlines last year.

adds, assume, know, say, send, use, works

When she said she was tired, I knew she was referring to the emotional strain.

iq, people, person, problem, relationship, someone, tom, tom's

She didn't like him referring to her as an old-fashioned person.

except

Everyone understood what he was referring to except for the new intern who just started last week.

once

He mentioned the problem once, referring to the incident that happened last month.