Meaning of reference | Babel Free

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

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.”

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