Reference

Noun

 * 1) A measurement one can compare to.
 * 2) Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted
 * 3) A reference work.
 * 4)  A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
 * 5)  A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
 * 6)  A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
 * 7)  An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.

Derived terms

 * Category:English words derived from: reference
 * reference manual

Verb

 * 1) to refer to, to make reference to, to cite
 * Reference the dictionary for word meanings.
 * 1) to mention

Derived terms

 * Category:English words derived from: reference (verb)

Adjectives for Reference
contemptuous; satisfying; constant; complimentary; barren; innumerable (pi); pathetic; pertinent; bibliographical; polite; solitary; never-ending; unmistakable; figurative; hilarious; documentary; mutual; offhand; obscure; touching; specific; sudden; sly; gratifying; vague; slighting.

Verbs for Reference
avoid—to; demand—s; furnish—s; heed—; request—s; seek—s; vouchsafe—s; weigh —s; —compliments; —concerns; —counsels; —flatters; —instructs; —justifies; —men¬tions; —pertains to; —prescribes; —relates to; —satisfies; —suggests; —warns.

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

Noun

 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: vertausarvo, referenssi
 * German:
 * Korean: 참조 (參照, chamjo)


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: سه‌رچاوه‌
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: referință


 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: soovitus
 * Finnish: suositus


 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: lähdeviittaus,


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: referenco
 * Estonian: allikas
 * Finnish: lähde
 * French: référence
 * German:


 * Haitian Creole:
 * Japanese: 出典
 * Romanian: referință, sursă de referință
 * Russian: ссылка
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:


 * : referenco
 * : référence, allusion , renvoi


 * : refero
 * : (ešâre),  (šenâs),  (manba)
 * : referens

Verb

 * Estonian: viitama
 * Finnish:
 * French: faire référence à
 * German:


 * Japanese:
 * Polish: odnosić się do
 * Portuguese: fazer referência, referenciar


 * Finnish: viitata, mainita


 * Japanese: 言及する

Related terms

 * Category:English words derived from: refer