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 Definition of 'reference'

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1. (noun) mentionreference
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) citationciteacknowledgmentcreditreferencementionquotation
a short note 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 pointpoint of referencereference
an indicator that orients you generally
"it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"

4. (noun) reference bookreferencereference workbook of facts
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
"he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

5. (noun) characterreferencecharacter reference
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
"requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"

6. (noun) referencedenotationextension
the most direct or specific meaning 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) referenceconsultation
the act of referring or consulting
"reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

8. (noun) referencesource
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) addresscomputer addressreference
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored


10. (noun) 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) referencecite
refer to
"he referenced his colleagues' work"


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