'Reference' definitions:
Definition of 'reference'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: mention, reference]
noun
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" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation]
noun
An indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" [syn: reference point, point of reference, reference]
noun
A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" [syn: reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts]
noun
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" [syn: character, reference, character reference]
noun
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" [syn: reference, denotation, extension]
noun
The act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: reference, consultation]
noun
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" [syn: reference, source]
noun
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored [syn: address, computer address, reference]
noun
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"
verb
Refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" [syn: reference, cite]
Definition of 'Reference'
From: GCIDE
- Reference \Ref"er*ence\ (r?f"?r-ens), n. [See Refer.]
- 1. The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Relation; regard; respect. [1913 Webster]
- Something that hath a reference to my state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One who, or that which, is referred to. Specifically; (a) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another. (b) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Law) (a) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision. (b) (Equity) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Appeal. [R.] "Make your full reference." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Reference Bible, a Bible in which brief explanations, and references to parallel passages, are printed in the margin of the text. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reference'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acknowledgment,
- advocacy,
- advocating,
- advocation,
- affective meaning,
- allusion,
- angle,
- appeal to,
- applicability,
- application,
- appositeness,
- aspect,
- bearing,
- by-line,
- case,
- certificate of character,
- certification,
- character,
- character reference,
- citation,
- coloring,
- concern,
- concernment,
- confession,
- configuration,
- connection,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- credential,
- credentials,
- credit line,
- cross reference,
- cross-refer,
- cross-reference,
- demonstration,
- denotation,
- diacritical mark,
- direct attention to,
- direction,
- drift,
- effect,
- eidolon,
- end stop,
- endorsement,
- essence,
- example,
- exemplification,
- extension,
- facet,
- fashion,
- feature,
- figure,
- force,
- form,
- germaneness,
- gestalt,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- guise,
- hint,
- idea,
- illustration,
- image,
- imago,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- impression,
- indication,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- instance,
- intension,
- interest,
- intimation,
- invoke,
- item,
- letter of introduction,
- lexical meaning,
- light,
- likeness,
- lineaments,
- literal meaning,
- look,
- make a cross-reference,
- make reference to,
- manner,
- materiality,
- meaning,
- mention,
- naming,
- notation,
- note,
- notification,
- overtone,
- particular,
- patronage,
- pertinence,
- phase,
- phasis,
- pith,
- point,
- practical consequence,
- punctuation,
- punctuation marks,
- purport,
- quotation,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- recommend,
- recommendation,
- refer to,
- reference mark,
- referent,
- referral,
- regard,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relevance,
- remark,
- respect,
- scope,
- seeming,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- semblance,
- sense,
- shape,
- side,
- signature,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- simulacrum,
- slant,
- span of meaning,
- specification,
- spirit,
- stop,
- structural meaning,
- style,
- substance,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- symbolic meaning,
- tenor,
- testimonial,
- tittle,
- total effect,
- totality of associations,
- trademark,
- transferred meaning,
- tribute,
- twist,
- unadorned meaning,
- undertone,
- value,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- voucher,
- wise
Words containing 'Reference'
- Refer,
- Referable,
- Referment,
- Referred,
- Referring,
- refer to,
- referent,
- Cross reference,
- Frame of reference,
- Reference Bible,
- anatomical reference,
- character reference,
- date of reference,
- point of reference,
- reference book,
- reference frame,
- reference grid,
- reference manual,
- reference mark,
- reference point,
- reference system,
- reference work,
- referred pain,
- To refer one's self,
- co-referent,
- cross-refer,
- cross-reference,
- inertial reference frame,
- self-referent