| Sounds | reh'ferahns; reh'frahns | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | A remark that calls attention to something or someone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the speaker made several references to his wife" | |
| Synonym | mention | |
| Narrower | allusion | passing reference or indirect mention |
| name-dropping | The practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener | |
| retrospection | reference to things past | |
| Broader | remark, comment, input | A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information |
| Spanish | mención, referencia | |
| Catalan | esment, menció, referència | |
| Verbs | refer | make reference to |
| Meaning | A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, mention, quotation | |
| Narrower | cross-reference, cross-index | A reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work |
| photo credit | A note acknowledging the source of a published photograph | |
| Broader | note, annotation, notation | A comment or instruction (usually added) |
| Spanish | cita, mención, referencia, remisión | |
| Catalan | citació, cita, menció, remissió | |
| Verbs | reference | refer to |
| Meaning | An indicator that orients you generally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" | |
| Synonyms | reference point, point of reference | |
| Narrower | benchmark, bench mark | A surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point |
| buoy | bright-colored | |
| landmark | A mark showing the boundary of a piece of land | |
| lubber's line, lubber line, lubber's mark, lubber's point | A fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading | |
| target, mark | A reference point to shoot at | |
| white line | A white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes | |
| Broader | indicator | A signal for attracting attention |
| Spanish | punto de referencia, referencia | |
| Catalan | punt de referència, referència | |
| Meaning | A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively" | |
| Synonyms | character, character reference | |
| Broader | recommendation, testimonial, good word | Something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable |
| Spanish | referencias | |
| Catalan | referències | |
| Meaning | The most direct or specific meaning / meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | denotation, extension | |
| Broader | meaning, substance | The idea that is intended |
| Spanish | denotación, extensión, referencia | |
| Catalan | denotació, extensió, referència | |
| Adjectives | referent | having reference |
| Verbs | refer | have as a meaning / meaning |
| refer | be relevant to | |
| Meaning | The act of referring or consulting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" | |
| Synonym | consultation | |
| Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
| Spanish | consulta | |
| Catalan | consulta | |
| Verbs | refer | send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision |
| Meaning | A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he carried an armful of references back to his desk" | |
| Synonym | source | |
| Broader | publication | A copy of a printed work offered for distribution |
| Spanish | fuente, referencia | |
| Catalan | font, referència | |
| Verbs | refer | seek information from |
| reference | refer to | |
| Meaning | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | address, computer address | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Narrower | URL, uniform resource locator, universal resource locator | The address of a web page on the world wide web |
| argument, parameter | (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program | |
| Broader | code, computer code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
| Meaning | The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes" | |
| Broader | meaning, substance | The idea that is intended |
| Spanish | referencia | |
| Catalan | referència | |
| Adjectives | referential | referring or pointing to something |
| Verbs | refer | think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle / principle or with a general group or in relation to another |
| refer | have as a meaning / meaning | |
| Meaning | refer to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Did he reference his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Example | "he referenced his colleagues' work" | |
| Synonym | cite | |
| Category | writing, authorship, composition, penning | The act of creating written works |
| Broader | write, compose, pen, indite | produce a literary work |
| Spanish | citar, hacer referencia, nombrar, referirse | |
| Catalan | citar, fer referència, nomenar, referenciar | |
| Nouns | reference | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage |
| reference | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to | |
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