- Types Of Speech
- You can use reference as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Reference
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters c, e, f, n, and r, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter r. Reference starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters r, re, ref, refe, refer, and the ending characters are e, ce, nce, ence, rence, ..
- Definition
- The act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
- School Grade
- Reference is set as a grade eight word that starts with r, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Reference in Pig Latin is said as "eferenceray or eferencerway".
- Unigram
- r | e | f | e | r | e | n | c | e
- Bigram
- re | ef | fe | er | re | en | nc | ce
- Trigram
- ref | efe | fer | ere | ren | enc | nce
- Quadrigram
- refe | efer | fere | eren | renc | ence
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of referring or consulting;
"reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" - the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression;
the class of objects that an expression refers to;
"the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" - 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" - a book to which you can refer for authoritative 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;
"requests for character references are all to often answered evasively" - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;
"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 - a remark that calls attention to something or someone;
"she made frequent mention of her promotion";
"there was no mention of it";
"the speaker made several references to his wife" - an indicator that orients you generally;
"it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" - a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;
"he carried an armful of references back to his desk";
"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
- Verb Examples
- refer to;
"he referenced his colleagues' work"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acknowledgement | a statement acknowledging something or someone "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment" "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| Acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment" "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| Admonition | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger) |
| Advice | a proposal for an appropriate course of action |
| Advising | |
| Advocacy | active support especially the act of pleading or arguing for something |
| Advocating | |
| Advocation | |
| Affective Meaning | |
| Aggregate | the whole amount |
View all cognitive synonyms for Reference
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consult | advise professionally "The professor consults for industry" |
| Look Up | |
| Refer | think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another "This plant can be referred to a known species" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
Reference Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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