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- 1 A relationship or relation (to something). archaic, countable, literary, uncountable
"A man is beloued of a man, in that he is a man, but all theſe are farre more eminent and great, when they ſhal proceed from a ſanctified ſpirit, that hath a true touch of Religion, and a reference to God."
- 2 the act of referring or consulting wordnet
- 3 A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to. countable, uncountable
- 4 the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to wordnet
- 5 Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted. countable, uncountable
"Changes will befall, and friends may part, / But distance only cannot change the heart / And were I call’d to prove th’ assertion true, / One proof should serve—a reference to you."
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- 6 the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to wordnet
- 7 A person who provides this information; a referee. Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
- 8 (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored wordnet
- 9 A reference work. attributive, countable, often, uncountable
"reference grammar"
- 10 a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts wordnet
- 11 The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision. countable, uncountable
- 12 a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability wordnet
- 13 A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. countable, uncountable
- 14 a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage wordnet
- 15 A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text. countable, literary, uncountable
- 16 a remark that calls attention to something or someone wordnet
- 17 A previously published written work thus indicated; a source. countable, literary, uncountable
- 18 an indicator that orients you generally wordnet
- 19 An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself. countable, uncountable
- 20 a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to wordnet
- 21 A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol. countable, uncountable
- 22 Appeal. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Y’are falne into a Princely hand, feare nothing, / Make your full reference freely to my Lord, / Who is ſo full of Grace, that it flowes ouer / On all that neede."
- 1 To provide a list of references for (a text).
"You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it."
- 2 refer to wordnet
- 3 To cite, to use as a reference.
"Reference the dictionary for word meanings."
- 4 To mention, to refer to. proscribed, sometimes
"In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent."
- 5 To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
"The given pointer will reference the actual generated data."
Etymology
From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence.
From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence.
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