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      reference
      noun
      The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
      (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.
      A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
      Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
      (UK, Ireland) A person who provides this information; a referee.
      (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.
      (computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
      (often attributive) A reference work.
      (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
      (literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).
      (obsolete) Appeal.
      verb
      To provide a list of references for (a text).
      (programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
      (sometimes proscribed) To mention, to refer to.
      (occasionally proscribed) To cite, to use as a reference.
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · backfero-fer · Latin · carry, bear
      Synonyms for reference
      citationnmentionvdenotationnquotationnallusionnreferentnremarknexamplennotenrelationn
      Words related to reference
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