English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "reference"

reference

Từ điển Collocation

reference noun

¹ mentioning sb/sth

ADJ. extensive | brief, casual, passing | occasional | frequent, repeated | constant | further They could find no further reference to Mr LaMotte in the records. | general | particular, special, specific She won a grant to study political science with special reference to China. | definite | explicit, express | direct | cryptic, indirect, oblique, obscure, veiled | clear, obvious | ambiguous, confusing | early one of the earliest references to the game of chess | biblical, cultural, historical, literary | written

VERB + REFERENCE contain, have Her diary contains no reference to the alleged appointment. | drop, make He dropped casual references to the legacy of his great work. The article makes no reference to his first marriage. | drop, omit The new constitution dropped all reference to previous wars. | find

PREP. in a/the ~ In an obvious reference to the president, he talked of corruption in high places. | in/with ~ to (written) I am writing with reference to your job application. | ~ (back) to The summary should be comprehensible without reference back to the source work.

² consulting sb/sth for advice/help/information

ADJ. easy, quick The book is organized alphabetically for easy reference. | further, future

PREP. by ~ to Our charges are calculated by reference to an hourly rate. | for ~ Retain a copy of the form for future reference. | without ~ to The decision was taken without reference to local managers.

PHRASES for reference purposes She needs the book for reference

³ number/note/symbol

ADJ. copious | full For full references of all books cited, see Appendix B. | appropriate Please send a full CV, quoting the appropriate reference. | cross-The cross-references refer you to information in other parts of the dictionary. | bibliographic/bibliographical | grid, map

VERB + REFERENCE quote | cite, give References to original sources are given at the end of each chapter.

REFERENCE + NOUN number

PREP. in a/the ~ The date of publication should be included in the reference. | ~ to a reference to page 17

PHRASES a list of references

⁴ letter about your character/abilities

ADJ. glowing | character

VERB + REFERENCE ask for | give (sb), provide (sb with), write (sb) | follow up, take up They've taken up my references (= contacted the person who provided the reference), so they must be interested in me.

PREP. ~ from a reference from your current employer

⁵ standards by which sth is judged

REFERENCE + NOUN point

PHRASES a frame of reference People interpret events within their own frame of reference. | a point of reference Unemployment serves as a useful point of reference in examining social problems. | terms of reference The matter was outside the committee's terms of reference. purposes. | a source of reference The book is an invaluable source of reference for the art historian.

⁶ book containing facts/information

ADJ. general The book is by far the best general reference on natural history.

REFERENCE + NOUN book, material, source, work | library | section You'll find the information in the reference section of your local library.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a remark that calls attention to something or someone; mention

  she made frequent mention of her promotion

  there was no mention of it

  the speaker made several references to his wife

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, mention, quotation

  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

• an indicator that orients you generally; reference point, point of reference

  it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved

• a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; reference book, reference work, book of facts

  he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic

• a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; character, character reference

  requests for character references are all to often answered evasively

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; denotation, extension

  the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos

• the act of referring or consulting; consultation

  reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer

• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; source

  he carried an armful of references back to his desk

  he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

• 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

v.

• refer to; cite

  he referenced his colleagues' work

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. A data type in the C++ programming language. A reference must be initialized with a variable name. The reference then becomes an alias for that variable but actually stores the address of the variable.vb. To access a variable, such as an element in an array or a field in a record.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

references|referenced|referencing
syn.: acknowledgment book of facts character character reference citation cite consultation credit denotation extension mention point of reference quotation reference book reference point reference work source