reference

About 74.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A relationship or relation (to something).
2. noun A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
3. noun Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
4. noun A person who provides this information; a referee.
5. noun A reference work.

   reference grammar

6. noun The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
7. noun A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
8. noun A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.

Similar words

denotation quotation cite mention character reference work reference book consultation character reference reference point

Often followed by

to is in for and of point books has

Word family

referenced references referencing