a remark that calls attention to something or someone: "she made frequent mention of her promotion"
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage: "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"
an indicator that orients you generally: "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts: "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
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 to often answered evasively"
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression: the class of objects that an expression refers to
the act of referring or consulting: "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to: "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"
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"
WordNet 2.1 Copyright 2005 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
