reference

1. A remark that calls attention to something or someone (synset 106778981)
   "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"
   is a type of: comment, input, remark - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
   subtypes:

   • allusion - passing reference or indirect mention
   • retrospection - reference to things past
   • name-dropping - the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener
   same as: mention
2. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage (synset 106776392)
   "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"
   is a type of: annotation, notation, note - a comment or instruction (usually added)
   subtypes:

   • photo credit - a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph
   • cross-index, cross-reference - a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
   same as: acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation
3. An indicator that orients you generally (synset 107273000)
   "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"
   is a type of: indicator - a signal for attracting attention
   subtypes:

   • bench mark, benchmark - a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
   • landmark - a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
   • lubber line, lubber's line, lubber's mark, lubber's point - a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading
   • mark, target - a reference point to shoot at
   • white line - a white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes
   • buoy - bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
   same as: point of reference, reference point
4. A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts (synset 106429241)
   "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
   is a type of: book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
   subtypes:

   • cookbook, cookery book - a book of recipes and cooking directions
   • instruction book - a book of directions for using or operating some piece of equipment
   • source book - a collection of historically important documents published together as a book
   • wordbook - a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings)
   • enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum - a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
   • directory - an alphabetical list of names and addresses
   • annual, yearbook, yearly - a reference book that is published regularly once every year
   • atlas, book of maps, map collection - a collection of maps in book form
   • cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia - a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
   same as: book of facts, reference book, reference work
5. A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability (synset 106707541)
   "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
   is a type of: good word, recommendation, testimonial - something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
   same as: character, character reference
6. The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression;
   The class of objects that an expression refers to (synset 105931581)
   "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
   is a type of: meaning, substance - the idea that is intended
   same as: denotation, extension
7. The act of referring or consulting (synset 101266543)
   "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
   is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
   same as: consultation
8. A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to (synset 107273332)
   "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
   is a type of: publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
   same as: source
9. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored (synset 106367922)
   referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
   is a type of: code, computer code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
   subtypes:

   • argument, parameter - (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
   • uniform resource locator, universal resource locator, url - the address of a web page on the world wide web
   same as: address, computer address
10. The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to (synset 105931946)
    "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"
    is a type of: meaning, substance - the idea that is intended

1. Refer to (synset 201709116)
   "he referenced his colleagues' work"
   referred to in: authorship, composition, penning, writing - the act of creating written works
   is a type of: compose, indite, pen, write - produce a literary work
   same as: cite

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