"reference" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns/, /ˈɹɛfəɹɛns/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-reference.ogg [US] Forms: references [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛfəɹəns Etymology: From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{bor|en|frm|référence}} Middle French référence, {{der|en|ML.|referentia}} Medieval Latin referentia, {{m|la|referēns}} referēns, {{m|la|referō||return, reply|lit=carry back}} referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”), {{suffix|en|refer|ence|nocat=1}} refer + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reference (countable and uncountable, plural references)
  1. (literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something). Tags: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Translations (literary: relationship): споменаване (spomenavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), отпратка (otpratka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), suhde (Finnish), اشاره (Persian)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-wWBGuJtg Disambiguation of 'literary: relationship': 42 3 2 4 8 2 14 4 5 6 8 5
  2. A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (measurement one can compare to): еталон (etalon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), referència [feminine] (Catalan), سەرچاوە (serçawe) (Central Kurdish), 參考 (Chinese Mandarin), 参考 (cānkǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), referentie [feminine] (Dutch), referents (Estonian), viitearvo (Finnish), referenssi (Finnish), référence [feminine] (French), referencia [feminine] (Galician), Referenz [feminine] (German), rujukan (Indonesian), acuan (Indonesian), referensi (Indonesian), riferimento (Italian), 参考 (sankō) (alt: さんこう) (Japanese), 참고 (chamgo) (alt: 參考) (Korean), 참조 (chamjo) (alt: 參照) (Korean), rujukan (Malay), acuan (Malay), مبنا (Persian), referência [feminine] (Portuguese), referință [feminine] (Romanian), образе́ц (obrazéc) [masculine] (Russian), отноше́ние (otnošénije) [neuter] (Russian), рефере́нция (referéncija) [feminine] (Russian), ссы́лка (ssýlka) [feminine] (Russian), referencia (Spanish), referans (Turkish), зразо́к (zrazók) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-E9erHL2f Disambiguation of 'measurement one can compare to': 3 57 1 1 2 1 8 2 3 8 10 3
  3. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (information about a person): բնութագիր (bnutʿagir) (Armenian), xasiyyətnamə (Azerbaijani), препоръка (preporǎka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), референция (referencija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), referència [feminine] (Catalan), 證明 (Chinese Mandarin), 证明 (zhèngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), referent [masculine] (Dutch), referente [feminine] (Dutch), soovitus (Estonian), suositus (Finnish), recommandation [feminine] (French), référence [feminine] (French), Referenz [feminine] (German), ajánlás (Hungarian), referencia (Hungarian), 照会 (shōkai) (Japanese), 照会先 (shōkaisaki) (alt: しょうかいさき) (Japanese), referência [feminine] (Portuguese), рекоменда́ция (rekomendácija) [feminine] (Russian), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), рефере́нция (referéncija) [feminine] (Russian), характери́стика (xarakterístika) [feminine] (Russian), preporuka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), referencia (Spanish), referans (Turkish), характери́стика (xarakterýstyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), рекоменда́ція (rekomendácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-Q~0jRY8M Disambiguation of 'information about a person': 0 0 54 40 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
  4. (UK, Ireland) A person who provides this information; a referee. Tags: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Translations (person who provides this information): suosittelija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-0WSqGILD Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 2 8 19 18 1 2 3 5 14 14 3 1 2 3 4 Disambiguation of 'person who provides this information': 0 0 17 61 6 2 1 1 1 5 4 1
  5. (often attributive) A reference work. Tags: attributive, countable, often, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-xVSsyhbk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 11 14 22 1 2 2 6 10 16 4 1 1 2 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 2 8 19 18 1 2 3 5 14 14 3 1 2 3 4
  6. The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of referring: a submitting for information or decision): alistaminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-TYPArXmy Disambiguation of 'act of referring: a submitting for information or decision': 0 1 2 2 2 83 1 0 1 2 2 4
  7. (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Semantics Translations (semantics: relation between objects): suhde (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun--ugnLi0O Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics Disambiguation of 'semantics: relation between objects': 24 4 1 1 1 1 45 2 3 7 7 3
  8. (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text. Tags: countable, literary, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-Pd4k~ATM Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing
  9. (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source. Tags: countable, literary, uncountable Translations (academic writing: source): مَرْجِع (marjiʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), отправка (otpravka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), referència [feminine] (Catalan), 來源 (Chinese Mandarin), 来源 (láiyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), zdroj [masculine] (Czech), pramen [masculine] (Czech), reference [feminine] (Czech), referentie [feminine] (Dutch), referenco (Esperanto), allikas (Estonian), lähde (Finnish), référence [feminine] (French), წყარო (c̣q̇aro) (Georgian), Quelle [feminine] (German), πηγές (pigés) [plural] (Greek), referans (Haitian Creole), forrás (Hungarian), 出典 (shutten) (Japanese), naaltsoos bitsʼą́ą́dóó ééhózinii (Navajo), مرجع (Persian), referência [feminine] (Portuguese), referință [feminine] (Romanian), sursă de referință [feminine] (Romanian), ссы́лка (ssýlka) [feminine] (Russian), отсы́лка (otsýlka) [feminine] (Russian), исто́чник (istóčnik) [masculine] (Russian), iomradh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), referencia [feminine] (Slovak), zdroj [masculine] (Slovak), referencia [feminine] (Spanish), källa [common-gender] (Swedish), sanggunian (Tagalog), talasanggunian (Tagalog), kaynak (Turkish), посила́ння (posylánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), джерело́ (džereló) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-kd70zdNz Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'academic writing: source': 3 3 6 9 6 1 3 19 31 6 9 5
  10. (computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere): отправка (otpravka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 引用 (yǐnyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), viite (Finnish), référence [feminine] (French), Referenz [feminine] (German), αναφορά (anaforá) (Greek), 参照 (sanshō) (Japanese), ارجاعال (Persian), referencja [feminine] (Polish), referință [feminine] (Romanian), ссылка (ssylka) [feminine] (Russian), tham chiếu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-5CO1a0Z- Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 2 8 19 18 1 2 3 5 14 14 3 1 2 3 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere': 2 3 4 5 6 2 4 2 4 55 11 2
  11. (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Translations (programming: special sequence used to represent complex characters): kromnomo (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-UgHRJhVC Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 2 8 19 18 1 2 3 5 14 14 3 1 2 3 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'programming: special sequence used to represent complex characters': 1 3 3 4 4 1 2 6 4 5 64 3
  12. (obsolete) Appeal. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reference-en-noun-3-oee7~M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: circular reference, forward reference, phantom reference, soft reference, strong reference, weak reference Related terms: sense, handle Translations (academic writing: identification of a source): verwysing (Afrikaans), referensie (Afrikaans), مَرْجِع (marjiʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), референция (referencija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), referentie (Dutch), viide (Estonian), lähdeviittaus (Finnish), viite (Finnish), viittaus (Finnish), წყაროს მითითება (c̣q̇aros mititeba) (Georgian), hivatkozás (Hungarian), tohutoro (Maori), naaltsoos bitsʼą́ą́dóó ééhózinii (Navajo), ارجاعال (Persian), referência [feminine] (Portuguese), ссы́лка (ssýlka) [feminine] (Russian), рефере́нция (referéncija) [feminine] (Russian), källhänvisning (Swedish), sanggunian (Tagalog), посила́ння (posylánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), рефере́нція (referéncija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns/, /ˈɹɛfəɹɛns/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-reference.ogg [US] Forms: references [present, singular, third-person], referencing [participle, present], referenced [participle, past], referenced [past]
Rhymes: -ɛfəɹəns Etymology: From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{bor|en|frm|référence}} Middle French référence, {{der|en|ML.|referentia}} Medieval Latin referentia, {{m|la|referēns}} referēns, {{m|la|referō||return, reply|lit=carry back}} referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”), {{suffix|en|refer|ence|nocat=1}} refer + -ence Head templates: {{en-verb}} reference (third-person singular simple present references, present participle referencing, simple past and past participle referenced)
  1. To provide a list of references for (a text).
    Sense id: en-reference-en-verb-B2mC-UCr
  2. To refer to, to use as a reference. Translations (to refer to): отнасям се (otnasjam se) (Bulgarian), позовавам се (pozovavam se) (Bulgarian), referenciar (Catalan), viitama (Estonian), viitata (Finnish), faire référence à (French), référencer (French), se référer à (French), referenzieren (German), 参照する (sanshō suru) (Japanese), tohutoro (Maori), odnosić się do (Polish), referenciar (Portuguese), referenciar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-verb-4o-cyfTO Disambiguation of 'to refer to': 2 76 10 13
  3. To mention, to cite. Translations (to mention): споменавам (spomenavam) (Bulgarian), viitata (Finnish), mainita (Finnish), faire référence à (French), se référer à (French), sich beziehen (German), 言及する (genkyū suru) (Japanese), referenciar (Portuguese), mencionar (Portuguese), упомина́ть (upominátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), referenciar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-verb-s-j~ZSv8 Disambiguation of 'to mention': 2 7 87 4
  4. (programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (to contain the memory address of another value): viitata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reference-en-verb-kz~UVzsm Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'to contain the memory address of another value': 1 4 3 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cross-reference Related terms: referee, referent, referential, relate, relation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "tags": [
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          "text": "The penchant for synthesizing the work of others that pervades British scholarship has been described by one of my cynical American colleagues as “a giant bibliography that is always eating its own tail.” By this he means that cliques of like-minded writers tend to reference each other’s work incessantly.",
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          "work"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "literary",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "character entity",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Appeal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Appeal",
          "appeal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Appeal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛfəɹɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfəɹəns"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spomenavane",
      "sense": "literary: relationship",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "споменаване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otpratka",
      "sense": "literary: relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отпратка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "literary: relationship",
      "word": "suhde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "literary: relationship",
      "word": "اشاره"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "etalon",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "еталон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referència"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "參考"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cānkǎo",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "参考"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "referents"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "viitearvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "referenssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "référence"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Referenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "rujukan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "acuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "referensi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "riferimento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さんこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sankō",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "参考"
    },
    {
      "alt": "參考",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chamgo",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "참고"
    },
    {
      "alt": "參照",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chamjo",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "참조"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "serçawe",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "سەرچاوە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "rujukan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "acuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "مبنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrazéc",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "образе́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnošénije",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отноше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "referéncija",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ssýlka",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ссы́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "referencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "word": "referans"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrazók",
      "sense": "measurement one can compare to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зразо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bnutʿagir",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "բնութագիր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "xasiyyətnamə"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preporǎka",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "препоръка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "referencija",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "референция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referència"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "證明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngmíng",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "证明"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referente"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "soovitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "suositus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recommandation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "référence"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Referenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "ajánlás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "referencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōkai",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "照会"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうかいさき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōkaisaki",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "照会先"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rekomendácija",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рекоменда́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poručítelʹstvo",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поручи́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "referéncija",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xarakterístika",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "характери́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preporuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "referencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "word": "referans"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xarakterýstyka",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "характери́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rekomendácija",
      "sense": "information about a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рекоменда́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who provides this information",
      "word": "suosittelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of referring: a submitting for information or decision",
      "word": "alistaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "semantics: relation between objects",
      "word": "suhde"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "verwysing"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "referensie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "marjiʕ",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَرْجِع"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "referencija",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "референция"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "referentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "viide"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "lähdeviittaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "viite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "viittaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇aros mititeba",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "წყაროს მითითება"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "hivatkozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "tohutoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "naaltsoos bitsʼą́ą́dóó ééhózinii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "ارجاعال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ssýlka",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ссы́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "referéncija",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "källhänvisning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "word": "sanggunian"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "posylánnja",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посила́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "referéncija",
      "sense": "academic writing: identification of a source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́нція"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "marjiʕ",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَرْجِع"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otpravka",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отправка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referència"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "來源"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "láiyuán",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "来源"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zdroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pramen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reference"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "referenco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "allikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "lähde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "référence"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇aro",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "წყარო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Quelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pigés",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "πηγές"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "referans"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "forrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shutten",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "出典"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "naaltsoos bitsʼą́ą́dóó ééhózinii"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "مرجع"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "referência"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "academic writing: source",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "referencia"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
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      "word": "källa"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "sanggunian"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "talasanggunian"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
      "word": "kaynak"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "posylánnja",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "džereló",
      "sense": "academic writing: source",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "otpravka",
      "sense": "computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отправка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐnyòng",
      "sense": "computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere",
      "word": "引用"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere",
      "word": "viite"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "computing: object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere",
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "sanshō",
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      "word": "参照"
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      "code": "fa",
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          "text": "Reference the dictionary for word meanings.",
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          "ref": "1990, Thomas L. Bell, “Political Economy's Response to Positivism”, in Geographical Review, volume 80, number 3, American Geographical Society, →JSTOR, page 314",
          "text": "The penchant for synthesizing the work of others that pervades British scholarship has been described by one of my cynical American colleagues as “a giant bibliography that is always eating its own tail.” By this he means that cliques of like-minded writers tend to reference each other’s work incessantly.",
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          "ref": "1994, Barry Chamish, quoting Louis Rossetto, “The End of the Book”, in The Atlantic",
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          "ref": "1998 January 26, Donnie Radcliffe, “New Library Will Chronicle First Ladies”, in The Washington Post, page C1+",
          "text": "On the Florence Harding page, for instance, a researcher will be able to reference a book by Waarren Harding’s alleged mistress, Nan Britton, who claimed that she bore his daughter.",
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        {
          "text": "In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.",
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          "ref": "1988, Integrating the Humanities into Associate Degree Occupational Programs, American Association of Community Colleges, page 25",
          "text": "Humanities institutions specifically reference the work setting for illustrative applications of the unique and significant contributions of the Humanities.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Jean Borgatti, “Portraiture in Africa”, in African Arts, volume 23, number 3, page 37",
          "text": "With the economy characteristic of all African sculpture, these portraits reference individual and social identities simultaneously, so that the image of a king may represent a particular king and all kings; a commemorative mask for a woman, a particular woman and all titled women.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 January 19, Bobby Ray Inman, “A Nominee’s Withdrawal: Transcript of the Statement by Inman on His Decision to Withdraw”, in The New York Times, page A14",
          "text": "And I would simply reference those of you who are out there working.",
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        "To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otnasjam se",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "отнасям се"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pozovavam se",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "позовавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "referenciar"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "viitama"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "viitata"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "faire référence à"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "référencer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "se référer à"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "referenzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sanshō suru",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "参照する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "tohutoro"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "odnosić się do"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "referenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "ссыла́ться (ssylátʹsja) + на impf (na)",
      "sense": "to refer to"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refer to",
      "word": "referenciar"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spomenavam",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "споменавам"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "viitata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "mainita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "faire référence à"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "se référer à"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "sich beziehen"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genkyū suru",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "言及する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "referenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "mencionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upominátʹ",
      "sense": "to mention",
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      "word": "упомина́ть"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to mention",
      "word": "referenciar"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to contain the memory address of another value",
      "word": "viitata"
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