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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb reference Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb reference Entailment of verb reference Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb reference 1 sense of reference Sense 1 reference, cite => write, compose, pen, indite Familiarity of verb reference reference used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb reference Sense 1 reference, cite => write, compose, pen, indite -------------- Grep of noun reference anatomical reference character reference coreference cross-reference date of reference frame of reference inertial reference frame point of reference preference reference reference book reference frame reference grid reference manual reference point reference system reference to reference work Overview of noun reference The noun reference has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts) 1. (9) mention, reference -- (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") 2. (7) citation, credit, reference, mention, quotation -- (a short note acknowledging a source of information or quoting a passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases") 3. (5) reference point, point of reference, reference -- (an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved") 4. (5) reference book, reference, reference work book of facts -- (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic") 5. (4) character, reference, character reference -- (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") 6. (3) reference, denotation, extension -- (the class of objects that an expression refers to "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos") 7. (2) reference, consultation -- (the act of referring; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer") 8. reference, source -- (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") 9. reference -- (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") Overview of verb reference The verb reference has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. reference, cite -- (refer to) Grep of adj reference referenced with reference to Overview of noun reference The noun reference has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts) 1. (9) mention, reference -- (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") 2. (7) citation, credit, reference, mention, quotation -- (a short note acknowledging a source of information or quoting a passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases") 3. (5) reference point, point of reference, reference -- (an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved") 4. (5) reference book, reference, reference work book of facts -- (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic") 5. (4) character, reference, character reference -- (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") 6. (3) reference, denotation, extension -- (the class of objects that an expression refers to "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos") 7. (2) reference, consultation -- (the act of referring; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer") 8. reference, source -- (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") 9. reference -- (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") Overview of verb reference The verb reference has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. reference, cite -- (refer to)
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