Pronunciation Noun
reference
- (literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Charity, compoſed of all three kindes, Pleaſant, Profitable, Honeſt”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition 3, section 1, member 3, subsection 1, page 349 ↗:
- A man is beloued of a man, in that he is a man, but all theſe are farre more eminent and great, when they ſhal proceed from a ſanctified ſpirit, that hath a true touch of Religion, and a reference to God.
- A measurement one can compare to.
- Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
- A person who provides this information; a referee.
- A reference work.
- (attributive) That which serves as a reference work.
- reference grammar
- Reference Dictionary of Linguistics
- The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
- (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
- (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
- (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
- (computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
- (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as
™
for the ™ symbol. - (obsolete) Appeal.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene ii], page 365 ↗, column 1:
- Y’are falne into a Princely hand, feare nothing, / Make your full reference freely to my Lord, / Who is ſo full of Grace, that it flowes ouer / On all that neede.
- French: référence
- German: Referenz
- Italian: riferimento
- Portuguese: referência
- Russian: образе́ц
- Spanish: referencia
- French: recommandation, référence
- German: Referenz
- Portuguese: referência
- Russian: рекоменда́ция
- Spanish: referencia
- Portuguese: referência
- Russian: ссы́лка
- French: référence
- German: Quelle
- Portuguese: referência
- Russian: ссы́лка
- Spanish: referencia
reference (references, present participle referencing; past and past participle referenced)
- To provide a list of references for (a text).
- You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it.
- To refer to, to use as a reference.
- Reference the dictionary for word meanings.
- To mention, to cite.
- In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.
- (programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
- The given pointer will reference the actual generated data.
- French: faire référence à, référencer, référer
- German: referenzieren
- Portuguese: referenciar
- Russian: ссыла́ться
- Spanish: referenciar
- French: faire référence à, référer
- German: sich beziehen
- Portuguese: referenciar, mencionar
- Russian: упомина́ть
- Spanish: referenciar
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