reference




reference - noun

  • a remark that calls attention to something or someone
  • a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  • an indicator that orients you generally
  • a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
  • a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
  • the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
  • the act of referring or consulting
  • a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
  • (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
  • the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

  • reference - verb

    • refer to

    reference - thesaurus

    acknowledgment   address   character   citation   cite   consultation   credit   denotation   extension   mention   quotation   source  


    View spelling list -ence words, Set 2 and learn about the word reference in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 33. Word endings: -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence.

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    Scrabble score for reference

    r is 1 e is 1 f is 4 e is 1 r is 1 e is 1 n is 1 c is 3 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 14

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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