reference

Sense 1 noun

a remark that calls attention to something or someone

she made frequent mention of her promotion

Sense 2 verb

refer to

he referenced his colleagues' work

Sense 3 noun

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

the student's essay failed to list several important citations

Sense 4 noun

an indicator that orients you generally

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

Sense 5 noun

a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic

Sense 6 noun

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 too often answered evasively

Sense 7 noun

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

Sense 8 noun

the act of referring or consulting

reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer

Sense 9 noun

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

he carried an armful of references back to his desk

Sense 10 noun

(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

Sense 11 noun

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