Reference ¹

Definition: The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

Reference ²

Definition: That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

Reference ³

Definition: Relation; regard; respect.

Reference ⁴

Definition: One who, or that which, is referred to.

Reference ⁵

Definition: One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.

Reference ⁶

Definition: A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.

Reference ⁷

Definition: The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.

Reference ⁸

Definition: 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.

Reference ⁹

Definition: Appeal.

reference ¹⁰

Definition: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

reference ¹¹

Definition: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars'' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"

reference ¹²

Definition: 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"

reference ¹³

Definition: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

reference ¹⁴

Definition: 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 to often answered evasively"

reference ¹⁵

Definition: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "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

reference ¹⁶

Definition: a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"

reference ¹⁷

Definition: an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"

reference ¹⁸

Definition: a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

reference ¹⁹

Definition: refer to; "he referenced his colleagues'' work"