With reference to your request, I will support.
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Reference
//ˈɹɛf.(ə.)ɹəns//
Synonyms for "reference" (196 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (58)
Related words (98)
lightlikenesslineamentsliteral meaninglookmake a cross-referencemake reference tomannermaterialitymeaningmetaphornamingnotationnotenotificationovertoneparticularpatronagepertinencephase
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Noun(8 words)
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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6 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
74 entriesShowing 16 of 74 words.
has context
6 entriesis a
9 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
182 translations across 44 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- referensie noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- verwysing noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
Arabic
2 entries- مَرْجِع noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- مَرْجِع noun (academic writing: source)
Armenian
1 entries- բնութագիր noun (information about a person)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- xasiyyətnamə noun (information about a person)
Bulgarian
4 entries- еталон noun (measurement one can compare to)
- отправка noun (academic writing: source)
- отправка noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
- отпратка noun (literary: relationship)
Catalan
4 entries- referència noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referència noun (information about a person)
- referència noun (academic writing: source)
- referenciar verb (to refer to)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سەرچاوە noun (measurement one can compare to)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 來源 /来源 noun (academic writing: source)
- 參考 /参考 noun (measurement one can compare to)
- 參考文獻 /参考文献 noun (academic writing: source)
- 引用 noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
Czech
3 entries- pramen noun (academic writing: source)
- reference noun (academic writing: source)
- zdroj noun (academic writing: source)
Dutch
4 entries- referent noun (information about a person)
- referente noun (information about a person)
- referentie noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referentie noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
Esperanto
2 entries- kromnomo noun (programming: special sequence used to represent complex characters)
- referenco noun (academic writing: source)
Estonian
4 entries- allikas noun (academic writing: source)
- referents noun (measurement one can compare to)
- soovitus noun (information about a person)
- viide noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
Finnish
4 entries- alistaminen noun (act of referring: a submitting for information or decision)
- lähde noun (academic writing: source)
- lähdeviittaus noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- referenssi noun (measurement one can compare to)
French
4 entries- recommandation noun (information about a person)
- référence noun (measurement one can compare to)
- référence noun (information about a person)
- référence noun (academic writing: source)
Galician
4 entries- referencia noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referencia noun (information about a person)
- referencia noun (semantics: relation between objects)
- referencia noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
Georgian
2 entries- წყარო noun (academic writing: source)
- წყაროს მითითება noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
German
4 entries- Quelle noun (academic writing: source)
- Referenz noun (measurement one can compare to)
- Referenz noun (information about a person)
- Referenz noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
Greek
2 entries- αναφορά noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
- πηγές noun (academic writing: source)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- referans noun (academic writing: source)
Hindi
4 entries- उल्लेख noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- उल्लेख noun (academic writing: source)
- संदर्भ noun (measurement one can compare to)
- संदर्भ noun (information about a person)
Hungarian
4 entries- ajánlás noun (information about a person)
- forrás noun (academic writing: source)
- hivatkozás noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- referencia noun (information about a person)
Indonesian
3 entries- acuan noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referensi noun (measurement one can compare to)
- rujukan noun (measurement one can compare to)
Italian
1 entries- riferimento noun (measurement one can compare to)
Japanese
4 entries- 出典 noun (academic writing: source)
- 参照 noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
- 参考 noun (measurement one can compare to)
- 照会 noun (information about a person)
Korean
2 entries- 참고 noun (measurement one can compare to)
- 참조 noun (measurement one can compare to)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsigrįžimas noun (act of referring: a submitting for information or decision)
Malay
2 entries- acuan noun (measurement one can compare to)
- rujukan noun (measurement one can compare to)
Māori
4 entries- tohutoro noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- tohutoro noun (academic writing: source)
- tohutoro noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
- tohutoro verb (to refer to)
Navajo
2 entries- naaltsoos bitsʼą́ą́dóó ééhózinii noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- naaltsoos bitsʼą́ą́dóó ééhózinii noun (academic writing: source)
Ojibwe
1 entries- mookijiwanibiig noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
Persian
4 entries- ارجاعال noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- ارجاعال noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
- اشاره noun (literary: relationship)
- مبنا noun (measurement one can compare to)
Polish
2 entries- referencja noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
- odnosić się do verb (to refer to)
Portuguese
4 entries- referência noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referência noun (information about a person)
- referência noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- referência noun (academic writing: source)
Romanian
4 entries- referință noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referință noun (academic writing: source)
- referință noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
- sursă de referință noun (academic writing: source)
Russian
4 entries- исто́чник noun (academic writing: source)
- образе́ц noun (measurement one can compare to)
- отноше́ние noun (measurement one can compare to)
- отсы́лка noun (academic writing: source)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- iomradh noun (academic writing: source)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- preporuka noun (information about a person)
Slovak
2 entries- referencia noun (academic writing: source)
- zdroj noun (academic writing: source)
Spanish
4 entries- referencia noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referencia noun (information about a person)
- referencia noun (academic writing: source)
- referenciar verb (to refer to)
Swedish
2 entries- källa noun (academic writing: source)
- källhänvisning noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
Tagalog
3 entries- sanggunian noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- sanggunian noun (academic writing: source)
- talasanggunian noun (academic writing: source)
Turkish
3 entries- kaynak noun (academic writing: source)
- referans noun (measurement one can compare to)
- referans noun (information about a person)
Ukrainian
4 entries- джерело́ noun (academic writing: source)
- зразо́к noun (measurement one can compare to)
- посила́ння noun (academic writing: identification of a source)
- посила́ння noun (academic writing: source)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tham chiếu noun (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Perry is mistaken in thinking that Emmet's theory was constructed without reference to Newtonian physics.
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This reference is valuable for my research.
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This reference book is of benefit to you all.
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