reference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns/
ipa: /ˈɹɛfəɹɛns/
rhymes: -ɛfəɹəns
Forms: form: references
Etymology: From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence.
Senses: examples: text: A man is beloued of a man, in that he is a man, but all theſe are farre more eminent and great, when they ſhal proceed from a ſanctified ſpirit, that hath a true touch of Religion, and a reference to God.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Charity, compoſed of all three kindes, Pleaſant, Profitable, Honeſt”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 1, member 3, subsection 1, page 349:
glosses: A relationship or relation (to something).
glosses: A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
examples: text: Changes will befall, and friends may part, / But distance only cannot change the heart / And were I call’d to prove th’ assertion true, / One proof should serve—a reference to you.
ref: a. 1800, William Cowper, “An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.”, in The Task, Tirocinium, and Other Poems, page 180:
glosses: Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
glosses: A person who provides this information; a referee.
examples: text: reference grammar
translation: detailed linguistic description of a particular language's grammar
english: detailed linguistic description of a particular language's grammar
text: Reference Dictionary of Linguistics
glosses: A reference work.
glosses: The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
glosses: A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
writing
glosses: A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: character entity
glosses: A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as &trade; for the ™ symbol.
examples: text: Y’are falne into a Princely hand, feare nothing, / Make your full reference freely to my Lord, / Who is ſo full of Grace, that it flowes ouer / On all that neede.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 365, column 1:
glosses: Appeal.
Hyponyms: circular reference
forward reference
phantom reference
soft reference
strong reference
weak reference
Derived terms: autoreference
backreference
back-reference
book of reference
call by reference
call-by-reference
category reference
character reference
circular reference
coreference
credit reference
cross-reference
dereference
forward reference
frame of reference
georeference
grid reference
idea of reference
inertial frame of reference
inertial reference
inertial reference system
inertial reference unit
in reference to
interreference
letter of reference
metareference
misreference
multireference
nonreference
olfactory reference syndrome
overreference
pass by reference
pass-by-reference
phantom reference
point of reference
pseudoreference
referenceable
reference angle
reference book
reference counting
reference data
reference electrode
reference frame
reference implementation
referenceless
reference letter
reference library
reference list
reference manual
reference mark
reference point
reference queue
reference star
reference time
reference type
reference variable
reference work
rvalue reference
self-reference
smart-reference proxy
soft reference
space fixed reference
strong reference
terms of reference
underreference
weak reference
Related terms: sense
handle