(written reference)
1reference — ref‧er‧ence [ˈrefrəns] noun [countable] 1. with reference to formal used to say what you are writing or talking about, especially in business letters: • With reference to your recent advertisement, I am writing to apply for the post of sales… …
2Reference range — Reference ranges edit in: blood urine CSF feces In health related fields, a reference range or reference interval usually describes the variations of a measurement or value in healthy i …
3Reference management software — Reference management software, citation management software or personal bibliographic management software is software for scholars and authors to use for recording and utilising bibliographic citations (references). Once a citation has been… …
4reference — [ref′ə rəns, ref′rəns] n. 1. a referring or being referred; esp., submission of a problem, dispute, etc. to a person, committee, or authority for settlement 2. relation; connection; regard [in reference to his letter] 3. a) the directing of… …
5reference — ref|er|ence1 W1S3 [ˈrefərəns] n 1.) [U and C] part of something you say or write in which you mention a person or thing reference to ▪ There is no direct reference to her own childhood in the novel. ▪ The article made no reference to previous… …
6Reference — For help in citing references, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. For the Wikipedia Reference Desk, see Wikipedia:Reference desk. Reference is derived from Middle English referren, from Middle French rèférer, from Latin referre, to carry back , formed …
7reference — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 mentioning sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ extensive ▪ brief, casual, passing ▪ occasional ▪ frequent, r …
8reference — [[t]re̱fərəns[/t]] ♦♦♦ references, referencing, referenced 1) N VAR Reference to someone or something is the act of talking about them or mentioning them. A reference is a particular example of this. He made no reference to any agreement... The… …
9reference — noun 1 (C, U) something you say or write that mentions another person or thing (+ to): There is no direct reference to her own childhood in the novel. | make reference to: Winston made no reference to what had happened. | a passing reference (to) …
10reference — /ˈrɛfrəns / (say refruhns) noun 1. the act or fact of referring. 2. direction of the attention: marks of reference. 3. a directing of attention; allusion. 4. a direction in a book or writing to some book, passage, etc.: to look up a reference. 5 …
