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Reference   /rˈɛfərəns/  /rˈɛfrəns/   Listen
Reference

noun
1.
A remark that calls attention to something or someone.  Synonym: mention.  "There was no mention of it" , "The speaker made several references to his wife"
2.
A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.  Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation.  "The acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book" , "The article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
3.
An indicator that orients you generally.  Synonyms: point of reference, reference point.
4.
A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts.  Synonyms: book of facts, reference book, reference work.
5.
A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability.  Synonyms: character, character reference.
6.
The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to.  Synonyms: denotation, extension.
7.
The act of referring or consulting.  Synonym: consultation.
8.
A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to.  Synonym: source.  "He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
9.
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored.  Synonyms: address, computer address.
10.
The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to.
verb
1.
Refer to.  Synonym: cite.



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"Reference" Quotes from Famous Books



... at dinner, half an hour later, neither made any reference to the subject that had been under discussion. Outwardly all was calm and peaceful, as deep-flowing waters may hide the rocks beneath. By the time coffee was served, they were back upon the old footing ...
— Master of the Vineyard • Myrtle Reed

... extracted from the Parliamentary Guide for 18—:—"APPLEBITE, ISAAC (Puddingbury). Born March 25, 1780; descended from his grandfather, and has issue." And upon reference to a monument in Puddingbury church, representing the first Mrs. Applebite (who was a housemaid) industriously scrubbing a large tea-urn, whilst another figure (supposed to be the second Mrs. Applebite) is pointing reproachfully ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, August 28, 1841 • Various

... intention of eternal mercy, and brought us, the people of this great covenant, absolutely nigh to God. Thirdly (verses 20, 21), this second aspect of the supremacy of the greater Priesthood is emphasized and solemnized by one further reference to Psalm cx. 4. There the Eternal, looking upon the mysterious Partner of His throne, is heard not to promise only but to vow, with an oath unalterable as Himself, that the Priesthood of "His Fellow" shall be everlasting. No such solemnity of affirmation ...
— Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews • Handley C.G. Moule

... the ravelings of his past life to an extent. I have found a mysterious reference to a Montfluery case in Paris, during August of last year. What can you do to investigate ...
— The Voice on the Wire • Eustace Hale Ball

... regular book of 215 invitations, numbers his friends according to the days of the year, and divides and subdivides them in accordance with their habits and pursuits, so that an unexpected invitation requires a reference to his journal: if you invite him for Saturday next, he will turn to his tablets, apologise for a previous engagement, run his eye eagerly down the column for an occasional absentee, and then invite himself for some day in the ensuing week, to which your politeness cannot ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle


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