Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: character_reference, point_of_reference, reference, reference_book, reference_point, reference_work

'reference'

[mention.n.01] as in: a remark that calls attention to something or someone

Examples:
she made frequent mention of her promotion
there was no mention of it
the speaker made several references to his wife

'reference'

[citation.n.03] as in: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Examples:
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

'reference'

[reference_point.n.01] as in: an indicator that orients you generally

Examples:
it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved

'reference'

[reference_book.n.01] as in: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

Examples:
he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic

'reference'

[character.n.07] as in: a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

Examples:
requests for character references are all too often answered evasively

'reference'

[reference.n.06] as in: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

Examples:
the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos

'reference'

[reference.n.07] as in: the act of referring or consulting

Examples:
reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer

'reference'

[reference.n.08] as in: a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

Examples:
he carried an armful of references back to his desk
he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

'reference'

[address.n.01] as in: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

'reference'

[reference.n.10] as in: the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

Examples:
he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes

'reference'

[reference.v.01] as in: refer to

Examples:
he referenced his colleagues' work

Origins

					reference (English)
├── -ence (English)
└── refer (English)