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  1. noun
    a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
    "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
  2. noun
    a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
    "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"

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  3. noun
    the act of referring or consulting
    "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

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  4. noun
    a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  5. noun
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

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  6. noun
    a remark that calls attention to something or someone
    "the speaker made several references to his wife"

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  7. noun
    (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
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  8. noun
    a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
    "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
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  9. verb
    refer to
    "he referenced his colleagues' work"

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  10. noun
    an indicator that orients you generally
    "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"
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  11. noun
    the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
    "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"
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