"forward reference" meaning in English

See forward reference in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: forward references [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forward reference (plural forward references)
  1. (computing) the actual use of an entity before any declaration. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-forward_reference-en-noun-LC0XDu6D Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) Synonym of forward declaration Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: forward declaration [synonym, synonym-of] Hyponyms (declaration): 2
    Sense id: en-forward_reference-en-noun-fiFoSeom Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'declaration': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (reference): 1
Disambiguation of 'reference': 0 0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for forward reference meaning in English (1.7kB)

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