REFERENCES

A remark that calls attention to something or someone

Example: "She made frequent mention of her promotion"

• mention  9

• comment  13
• input  7
• remark  12

• allusion  8
• retrospection  17
• name-dropping

A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Example: "The student's essay failed to list several important citations"

• acknowledgment  27
• citation  10
• cite  6
• credit  9
• mention  9
• quotation  18

• annotation  10
• notation  8
• note  4

• photo credit
• cross-index
• cross-reference

An indicator that orients you generally

Example: "It is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"

• point of reference
• reference point

• indicator  12

• bench mark
• benchmark  22
• landmark  15
• lubber's line
• • lubber's mark
  • lubber's point
  • lubber line
  • mark  10
  • target  7
  • white line
  • buoy  9
  • azimuth mark
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A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

Example: "He contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

• book of facts
• reference book
• reference work

• book  10

• cookbook  20
• cookery book
• instruction book
• source book
• • wordbook  18
  • enchiridion  17
  • handbook  18
  • vade mecum
  • directory  15
  • annual  6
  • yearbook  17
  • yearly  12
  • atlas  5
  • book of maps
  • map collection
  • cyclopaedia  21
  • cyclopedia  20
  • encyclopaedia  23
  • encyclopedia  22
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A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

Example: "Requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"

• character  16
• character reference

The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

Example: "The extension of `satellite of mars' is the set containing only demos and phobos"

• denotation  11
• extension  16

The act of referring or consulting

Example: "Reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

• consultation  14

A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

Example: "He carried an armful of references back to his desk"

• source  8

(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

• address  9
• computer address

• code  7
• computer code

• argument  11
• parameter  13
• uniform resource locator
• universal resource locator
• • url
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The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

Example: "He argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"