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Reference

noun

1.

A remark that calls attention to something or someone. Synonym: mention. "There was no mention of it" , "The speaker made several references to his wife"

2.

A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation. "The acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book" , "The article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

3.

An indicator that orients you generally. Synonyms: point of reference, reference point.

4.

A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts. Synonyms: book of facts, reference book, reference work.

5.

A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability. Synonyms: character, character reference.

6.

The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to. Synonyms: denotation, extension.

7.

The act of referring or consulting. Synonym: consultation.

8.

A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to. Synonym: source. "He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

9.

(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored. Synonyms: address, computer address.

10.

The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to.

verb

1.

Refer to. Synonym: cite.

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"Reference" Quotes from Famous Books

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— Tom Slade with the Boys Over There • Percy K. Fitzhugh

... of Wilson's book is in the Edinburgh for January, 1830, with this reference to Lamb's criticisms: "Captain Singleton is a hardened, brutal desperado, without one redeeming trait, or almost human feeling; and, in spite of what Mr. Lamb says of his lonely musings and agonies of a conscience-stricken ...

— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6) - Letters 1821-1842 • Charles and Mary Lamb

... reports received from its officers abroad. The success of this course warrants its continuance and such appropriation as may be required to meet the rapidly increasing demand for these publications. With special reference to the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, the October number of the reports was devoted to a valuable collection of papers on the cotton-goods ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Chester A. Arthur • Chester A. Arthur

... his stick, and let himself go over the village, in search of business. He stopped at every farm, bade the Gentiles good-morning, calling each one by name, and talked with them on every subject in the world. But he avoided all reference to the Passover incident, and never even hinted at his fears of the Passover. Before going away, he said: "Perhaps, friend, you have something you would like to sell?" "Nothing, 'Lachman,' nothing." "Old ...

— Jewish Children • Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

... legislation looking to the establishment of a budget system. That there should be one single authority responsible for the making of all appropriations and that appropriations should be made not independently of each other, but with reference to one single comprehensive plan of expenditure properly related to the nation's income, there can be no doubt I believe the burden of preparing the budget must, in the nature of the case, if the work is to be properly done and responsibility concentrated instead of divided, rest ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Woodrow Wilson • Woodrow Wilson

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