English Explanatory Dictionary

reference

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A relationship or relation (to something).
  2. A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
  3. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
  4. A person who provides this information; a referee.
  5. A reference work.
  6. The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
  7. A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
  8. A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
  9. A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
  10. An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
  11. A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
  12. Appeal.
verb
  1. To provide a list of references for (a text).
  2. To cite, to use as a reference.
  3. To mention, to refer to.
  4. To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛf.(ə.)ɹəns/ [ˈɹɛf.ɹn̩s] en-us-reference.ogg /ˈɹɛf.ə.ɹɛns/ /ˈɹef.(ə.)ɹəns/

Word forms

reference references referencing referenced

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.

Related words

sense handle referee referent referential relate relation

Derived words

autoreference backreference back-reference book of reference call by reference call-by-reference category reference character reference circular reference coreference credit reference dereference forward reference frame of reference georeference grid reference idea of reference inertial frame of reference inertial reference inertial reference system inertial reference unit in reference to interreference letter of reference metareference misreference multireference noncoreferential nonreference olfactory reference syndrome overreference pass-by-reference pass by reference phantom reference phyloreference point of reference pseudoreference referenceable reference angle reference book reference counting reference data reference electrode reference frame reference implementation referenceless reference letter reference library reference list reference manual reference mark referenceness reference point reference queue reference star reference time reference type reference variable reference work rvalue reference

Translations

Afrikaans: verwysing Afrikaans: referensie Arabic: مَرْجِع Bulgarian: референция Chinese Mandarin: 引用 Dutch: referentie Estonian: viide Finnish: lähdeviittaus Finnish: viite Finnish: viittaus Galician: referencia Georgian: წყაროს მითითება Hindi: संदर्भ Hindi: उल्लेख Hungarian: hivatkozás Māori: tohutoro Navajo: naaltsoos bitsʼą́ą́dóó ééhózinii Ojibwe: mookijiwanibiig Persian: ارجاعال Portuguese: referência Russian: ссы́лка Russian: рефере́нция Swedish: källhänvisning Tagalog: sanggunian Ukrainian: посила́ння Ukrainian: рефере́нція
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