Definisi 'reference'
English to English
noun
1 a remark that calls attention to something or someone
Example:
• she made frequent mention of her promotion
• there was no mention of it
• the speaker made several references to his wife
source: wordnet30
2 a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Example:
• the student's essay failed to list several important citations
• the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
• the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
source: wordnet30
3 an indicator that orients you generally
Example:
• it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved
source: wordnet30
4 a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
Example:
• he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic
source: wordnet30
5 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
source: wordnet30
6 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
source: wordnet30
7 the act of referring or consulting
Example:
• reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer
source: wordnet30
8 a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
Example:
• he carried an armful of references back to his desk
• he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
source: wordnet30
9 (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
source: wordnet30
10 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
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11 The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
source: webster1913
verb
12 refer to
Example:
• he referenced his colleagues' work
source: wordnet30
More Word(s)
consult, look up, refer, denote, computer science, computing, authorship, composition, penning, action, meaning, substance, book, good word, comment, indicator, publication, argument, parameter, uniform resource locator, universal resource locator, url, cookbook,

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