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English to English noun
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a remark that calls attention to something or someone |  | Example: she made frequent mention of her promotion
there was no mention of it
the speaker made several references to his wife
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a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | | Example: 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
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an indicator that orients you generally | | Example: it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved
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a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts | | Example: he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic
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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
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the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | | Example: the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
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the act of referring or consulting | | Example: reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer
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a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to | | Example: he carried an armful of references back to his desk
he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
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(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored | | source: wordnet30
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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
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The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance. | | source: webster1913 verb
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refer to | | Example: he referenced his colleagues' work
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