REFERENCE

• (noun) the act of referring or consulting

  "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

  synonyms : consultation

• (noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

  "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"

  synonyms : denotation , extension

  The word has one literal denotation but several different connotations. -added by nithi

• (noun) the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

  "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"

• (noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

  synonyms : address , computer address

  It was easy for the hacker to guess the address. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

  "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

  synonyms : book of facts , reference book , reference work

• (noun) a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

  "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"

  synonyms : character , character reference

• (noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

  "the student's essay failed to list several important citations", "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book", "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

  synonyms : acknowledgment , citation , cite , credit , mention , quotation

• (noun) a remark that calls attention to something or someone

  "she made frequent mention of her promotion", "there was no mention of it", "the speaker made several references to his wife"

  synonyms : mention

• (noun) an indicator that orients you generally

  "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"

  synonyms : point of reference , reference point

• (noun) a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

  "he carried an armful of references back to his desk", "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

  synonyms : source

• (verb) refer to

  "he referenced his colleagues' work"

  synonyms : cite

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