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- n a remark that calls attention to something or someone
the speaker made several references to his wife - n a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- n an indicator that orients you generally
it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved - n a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic - n 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 - n the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- n the act of referring or consulting
reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer - n a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
he carried an armful of references back to his desk - n (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- n 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
- It works because it has to there aren't enough librarians in the world to look after Flickr's archive of 3 billion photos, much less file them away for future reference.
- Stocks bought without reference to their earnings were being sold without reference to their dividends.
- It is a reference, of course, to the white-bearded Ayatullah Khomeini, who is respectfully called Imam Khomeini.