reference
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛf.(ə.)ɹəns/
The English word “reference” has 16 meanings listed here.
noun
- A relationship or relation (to something).
- A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) 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.
- The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
- A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
- A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
- A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
- An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
- A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
- Appeal.
verb
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.
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