DICTOMETER

REFERENCE

(reference, referencia, remisión, reprimenda, antydning, attest, bebreidelse, henvisning, irettesettelse, referanse, vink)

1. Synonyms:
   • Mention
   • Reference
   Definitions:
   • a remark that calls attention to something or someone
   Examples:
   • She made frequent mention of her promotion
   • There was no mention of it
   • The speaker made several references to his wife
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Citation
   • Cite
   • Acknowledgment
   • Credit
   • Reference
   • Mention
   • Quotation
   Definitions:
   • a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Reference point
   • Point of reference
   • Reference
   Definitions:
   • an indicator that orients you generally
   Examples:
   • It is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Reference book
   • Reference
   • Reference work
   • Book of facts
   Definitions:
   • a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
   Examples:
   • He contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Character
   • Reference
   • Character reference
   Definitions:
   • a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
   Examples:
   • Requests for character references are all too often answered evasively
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Reference
   • Denotation
   • Extension
   Definitions:
   • the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
   • the class of objects that an expression refers to
   Examples:
   • The extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Reference
   • Consultation
   Definitions:
   • the act of referring or consulting
   Examples:
   • Reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Reference
   • Source
   Definitions:
   • a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
   Examples:
   • He carried an armful of references back to his desk
   • He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Address
   • Computer address
   • Reference
   Definitions:
   • (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Reference
    Definitions:
    • the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
    Examples:
    • He argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Reference
   • Cite
   Definitions:
   • refer to
   Examples:
   • He referenced his colleagues' work