reference

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Synonyms: reverence, deference, preference, inference, referenced, referee, referent, references, coreference, severence, referend

Antonyms: reverence, deference, preference, inference, referenced, referee, referent, references, coreference, severence, referend

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Noun

{{lb|en|literary|or|archaic}} A [[relationship]] or [[relation]] ({{m|en|to}} something).
A [[measurement]] one can compare (some other measurement) to.
[[information|Information]] about a person, provided by someone (a [[referee]]) with whom they are well acquainted.
{{lb|en|especially|US}} A person who provides this information; a [[referee]].
{{lb|en|often|attributive}} A [[reference work]].
The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
{{lb|en|semantics}} A [[relation]] between objects in which one object [[designate]]s, or acts as a means by which to [[connect]] to or [[link]] to, another object.
{{lb|en|academic writing}} A short written [[identification]] of a previously published work which is used as a [[source]] for a text.
{{lb|en|academic writing}} A previously published [[written]] [[work]] thus indicated; a source.
{{lb|en|computing}} An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
{{lb|en|programming|character entity}} A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as <code>&trade;</code> for the ™ symbol.
{{lb|en|obsolete}} [[appeal|Appeal]].

To provide a list of references for (a text).
{{lb|en|occasionally|proscribed}} To [[cite]], to use as a reference.
{{lb|en|sometimes|proscribed}} To [[mention]], to [[refer]] to.
{{lb|en|programming}} To contain the [[value]] that is a [[memory]] [[address]] of some value stored in memory.

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