1. (noun)mention, reference a remark that calls attention to something or someone "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"
2. (noun)citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation a shortnote recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
3. (noun)reference point, point of reference, reference an indicator that orients you generally "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"
4. (noun)reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
6. (noun)reference, denotation, extension the most direct or specificmeaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
7. (noun)reference, consultation the act of referring or consulting "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
8. (noun)reference, source a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
9. (noun)address, computer address, reference (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
10. (verb)reference the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"
11. (verb)reference, cite refer to "he referenced his colleagues' work"
1. (noun)reference sth you say or write that indicates a particularthing or person, or the act of indicating them She made a reference in the article to the terrible service at the restaurant.; In reference to your first question, the answer is yes.
2. reference the use of sth to gaininformation There's a list of names you can use for future reference.
3. reference a letter to recommend sb for a job The company has asked for my references.
4. reference sb who writes a letter recommending sb for a job She asked her professor to be a reference.
5. reference a note at the end of a book, article, etc. that tells where a piece of information in the text is from Make sure you include references in your paper.
Sense: (an) act of referring (to something); a mention (of something) He made several references to her latest book; With reference to your request for information, I regret to inform you that I am unable to help you.
Definitions of reference 
Afrikaans: verwysing
Arabic: إشارَه
Bulgarian: отнасяне
Brazilian: referência
Czech: zmínka; pokud jde o
German: der Verweis
Danish: henvisning
Greek: αναφορά, μνεία
Spanish: referencia
Estonian: viide
Farsi: مراجعه
Finnish: viittaus
French: référence; concernant
Hebrew: הִתייַחסוּת
Hindi: संदर्भ
Croatian: referenca
Hungarian: hivatkozás, utalás
Indonesian: penyebutan
Icelandic: tilvísun
Italian: riferimento
Japanese: 言及
Korean: 언급
Lithuanian: atsiliepimas, užsiminimas
Latvian: atsaukšanās; atsauce
Malay: rujukan
Dutch: verwijzing
Norwegian: henvisning, referanse; i 
Polish: wzmianka, odniesienie
Persian: مراجعه
Pashto: ماخذ، مرجع، نسبت رابطه، ر
Portuguese: referência
Romanian: referire; referitor (la)
Russian: упоминание
Slovak: zmienka;čo sa týka
Slovenian: sklicevanje
Serbian: upućivanje
Swedish: hänvisning, hänsyftning, 
Thai: การอ้างอิง
Turkish: ricanızla ilgili olarak; 
Taiwanese: 提及，涉及
Ukrainian: посилання; згадування
Urdu: حوالہ
Vietnamese: sự tham khảo
Chinese: 提及，涉及
