reference

Definitions

1. A relationship or relation (to something).
   archaic, countable, literary, uncountable
2. A relationship or relation (to something)
3. A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
   countable, uncountable
4. A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to
5. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
   countable, uncountable
6. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted
7. A person who provides this information; a referee.
   Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
8. A person who provides this information; a referee
9. A reference work.
   attributive, countable, often, uncountable
10. A reference work
11. The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
    countable, uncountable
12. A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
    countable, uncountable
13. A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
    countable, literary, uncountable
14. A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
    countable, literary, uncountable
15. An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
    countable, uncountable
16. A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
    countable, uncountable
17. Appeal.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

35 more languages

العربيةالإشارةرجوعمرجعمرجعية+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilixasiyyətnamə

Българскиетало́н

Bosanskibelegpramen

Catalàreferènciareferenciar

Češtinaodkazpramenreferencereferenčnízdroj+ 2 more

Ελληνικάαναφοράμνείαπαραπομπήπηγές+ 1 more

Esperantokromnomoreferenco

Eestiallikas

فارسیاشارهمبنامرجع

Suomialistaminenlähdelähdeviitelähdeviittausmainitareferenssisuhdesuosittajasuosittelijasuositusvertailupohjavertauskohdeviitataviiteviitearvoviittaus+ 13 more

Gàidhligiomradh

हिन्दीउल्लेखउल्लेख करनाज़िक्रसंदर्भहवाला+ 2 more

Hrvatskibelegpramen

Magyarajánlásforrásreferencia

Bahasa Indonesiaacuanreferensirujukan

Italianoriferimento

日本語リファレンスレファレンス出典参照参照する参考參照引早見表照会照会先目安言及+ 10 more

ქართულიწყარო

한국어지칭참고참조

Kurdîreferans

Bahasa Melayuacuanrujukan

Nederlandsreferentreferentereferentie

Polskinawiązanieodniesieniereferencja

Portuguêsmencionarreferênciareferenciar

Românăreferință

Русскийисточникобразецотношениеотсы́лкапоручительстворекомендациярефере́нциясвязьссылкаупомина́тьхарактеристика+ 8 more

Slovenčinareferencia

Српскиbelegpramen

Svenskakälla

ไทยเชิง

Tagalogsangguniantalasanggunian

Türkçegöndermekaynakreferans

Українськаджерелодовідказразокопорнийпокликанняпосиланнярекомендаціяхарактеристика+ 5 more

Tiếng Việttham chiếu

Examples

“A man is beloued of a man, in that he is a man, but all theſe are farre more eminent and great, when they ſhal proceed from a ſanctified ſpirit, that hath a true touch⟳ of Religion, and a reference to God.”

“Changes will befall, and friends may part, / But distance only cannot change⟳ the heart / And were I call’d to prove⟳ th’ assertion true, / One proof should serve⟳—a reference to you.”

“reference grammar”

detailed linguistic description of a particular language's grammar

“Reference Dictionary of Linguistics”

“Y’are falne into a Princely hand, feare nothing, / Make⟳ your full reference freely to my Lord, / Who is ſo full of Grace, that it flowes ouer / On all that neede.”

CEFR level