1. an act of referring: filed away the article for future reference.
2. significance in a specified context: her speeches have special reference to environmental policy.
3. meaning or denotation.
4. the state of being related or referred: with reference to; in reference to.
5. A mention of an occurrence or situation: made frequent references to her promotion.
6. A note in a publication referring the reader to another passage or source.
7. the passage or source so referred to.
8. A work frequently used as a source.
9. A mark or footnote used to direct a reader elsewhere for additional information.
10. law submission of a case to a referee.
11. law legal actions conducted before or by a referee.
12. A person who is in a position to recommend another or to vouch for his or her fitness, as for a job.
13. A statement about a person's qualifications, character, and dependability.
14. to supply references to: "our memories are addressed and referenced . . . by significant fragments of their own content” ( Frederick turner).
15. to mention in a reference; refer to: he referenced her book in his speech. see usage note at allude.

1. A relationship or relation (to something).
2. A measurement one can compare to.
3. information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted
4. A reference work.
5. A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
6. A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
7. A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
8. an object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
9. A special sequence used to represent complex characters in a web page such as ™ or €.
10. to refer to, to make reference to, to cite
11. to mention

1. the act of referring, or the state of being referred.
2. that which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention.
3. relation; regard; respect.
4. one who, or that which, is referred to.
5. one of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
6. A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.
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8. the act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
9. 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.
10. appeal.

1. 1. to refer a thing to (something).
2. to assign proper references to, as to a phrase; look up and find by reference.
3. to schedule (property) to be taken for a proposed railway extension.
4. to make out a return of the number of people to be displaced by proposed railway extension.
5. the act of referring.
6. in law:
7. relation; respect; regard: generally in the phrase in or with reference to.
8. that which is or may be referred to.
9. A direction in a book or writing to refer to some other place or passage: often a mere citation, as of book, chapter, page, or text.
10. assignment; apportionment.
11. an appeal.

1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone
2. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
3. the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
4. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
5. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
6. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
7. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
8. an indicator that orients you generally
9. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
10. refer to
11. the act of referring or consulting