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See référence

English

Etymology

refer + -ence

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɹɛf.ɹəns/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-reference.ogg


Noun

  1. A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
  2. a measurement one can compare to
  3. information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted
  4. In the Context of A previously published written work within academic publishing, used as a source for theory or claims referred to which are used in the text.
  5. An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.


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Translations

  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|سه‌رچاوه‌|tr=sarchAwa|sc=KUchar}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|referência|f}}
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|referent|m}}, {{t|nl|referente|f}}
  • Finnish: {{t-|fi|suositukset|p}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Referenz|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|照会|tr=shōkai|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|referência|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|出典|tr=shutten|sc=Jpan}}

Verb

  1. to refer to, to make reference to, to cite
  2. : Reference the dictionary for word meanings.
  3. to mention


Derived terms


Usage notes

Some authorities object to the use of reference as a verb.

Translations

  • Japanese: {{t|ja|言及する|tr=genkyū suru|sc=Jpan}}

Category:English transitive verbs

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reference \Ref"er*ence\ (r?f"?r-ens), n. [See Refer.]
1. The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as,
reference to a chart for guidance.
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2. That which refers to something; a specific direction of
the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
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3. Relation; regard; respect.
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Something that hath a reference to my state. --Shak.
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4. One who, or that which, is referred to. Specifically;
(a) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity,
capacity, and the like, of another.
(b) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is
referred.
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5. (Law)
(a) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the
judgment of one or more persons for decision.
(b) (Equity) The process of sending any matter, for
inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in
order that he may ascertain facts and report to the
court.
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6. Appeal. [R.] "Make your full reference." --Shak.
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Reference Bible, a Bible in which brief explanations, and
references to parallel passages, are printed in the margin
of the text.
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WordNet reference
n 1: 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" [syn: mention]
2: 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" [syn: citation,
acknowledgment, credit, mention, quotation]
3: an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a
reference for comparing the heating and the electrical
energy involved" [syn: reference point, {point of
reference}]
4: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he
contributed articles to the basic reference work on that
topic" [syn: reference book, reference work, {book of
facts}]
5: 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
to often answered evasively" [syn: character, {character
reference}]
6: 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" [syn: denotation, extension]
7: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an
encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: consultation]
8: 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" [syn: source]
9: 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"
v : refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" [syn: cite]
Moby Dictionary
acknowledgment , advocacy , advocating , advocation ,
affective meaning , allusion , angle , appeal to , applicability ,
application , appositeness , aspect , bearing , by-line , case ,
certificate of character , certification , character ,
character reference , citation , coloring , concern , concernment ,
confession , configuration , connection , connotation , consequence ,
credential , credentials , credit line , cross reference , cross-refer ,
cross-reference , demonstration , denotation , diacritical mark ,
direct attention to , direction , drift , effect , eidolon , end stop ,
endorsement , essence , example , exemplification , extension , facet ,
fashion , feature , figure , force , form , germaneness , gestalt , gist ,
grammatical meaning , guise , hint , idea , illustration , image , imago ,
impact , implication , import , impression , indication , innuendo ,
insinuation , instance , intension , interest , intimation , invoke ,
item , letter of introduction , lexical meaning , light , likeness ,
lineaments , literal meaning , look , make a cross-reference ,
make reference to , manner , materiality , meaning , mention , naming ,
notation , note , notification , overtone , particular , patronage ,
pertinence , phase , phasis , pith , point , practical consequence ,
punctuation , punctuation marks , purport , quotation ,
range of meaning , real meaning , recommend , recommendation ,
refer to , reference mark , referent , referral , regard , relatedness ,
relation , relevance , remark , respect , scope , seeming ,
semantic cluster , semantic field , semblance , sense , shape , side ,
signature , significance , signification , significatum , signifie ,
simulacrum , slant , span of meaning , specification , spirit , stop ,
structural meaning , style , substance , sum , sum and substance ,
symbolic meaning , tenor , testimonial , tittle , total effect ,
totality of associations , trademark , transferred meaning , tribute ,
twist , unadorned meaning , undertone , value , view , viewpoint ,
voucher , wise


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REFERENCE, practice. The act of sending any matter by a court of chancery or one exercising equitable powers, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court. By reference is also understood that part of an instrument of writing where it points to another for the matters therein contained. For the effect of such reference, see 1 Pick. R. 27; 17 Mass. R. 443; 15 Pick. R. 66; 7 Halst. R. 25; 14 Wend. R. 619; 10 Conn. R. 422; 4 Greenl. R. 14, 471; 3 Greenl. R. 393; 6 Pick. R. 460; the thing referred to is also called a reference.
REFERENCE, contracts. An agreement to submit to certain arbitrators, matters in dispute between two or more parties, for their decision, and judgment. The persons to whom such matters are referred are sometimes called referees.
REFERENCE, mercantile law. A direction or request by a party who asks a credit to the person from whom he expects it, to call on some other person named in order to ascertain the character or mercantile standing of the former.
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