1. • noun - a remark that calls attention to something or someone
   • noun - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
   • noun - an indicator that orients you generally
   • noun - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
   • noun - a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
   • noun - the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
   • noun - the act of referring or consulting
   • noun - a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
   • noun - (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
   • noun - the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
   • verb - refer to
2. • An act of referring: My careful writing results from many references to a dictionary.
   • Significance in a specified context: Her speeches have special reference to the African situation.
   • Meaning or denotation.
   • The state of being related or referred: with reference to; in reference to.
   • A mention of an occurrence or a situation: She made frequent references to her promotion.
   • A note in a publication referring the reader to another passage or source.
   • The passage or source so referred to.
   • A work frequently used as a source.
   • A mark or footnote used to direct a reader elsewhere for additional information.
   • Law.
   • Submission of a case to a referee.
   • Legal actions conducted before or by a referee.
   • A person who is in a position to recommend another or to vouch for his or her fitness, as for a job.
   • A statement about a person’s qualifications, character, and dependability.
   • To supply references to: “Our memories are addressed and referenced... by significant fragments of their own content” (Frederick Turner).
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