| verb | make reference to “His name was mentioned in connection with the invention” |
| verb | be relevant to “There were lots of questions referring to her talk” |
| verb | 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” |
| verb | send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision “refer a patient to a specialist” |
| verb | seek information from “You should consult the dictionary” |
| verb | have as a meaning “`multi-' denotes `many' ” |
| verb | use a name to designate “Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary” |
| mention | noun | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage |
| mentioner | noun | a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally |
| citation | noun | (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) |
| name | noun | a language unit by which a person or thing is known |
| naming | noun | the verbal act of naming |
| reference | noun | a remark that calls attention to something or someone |
| pertinent | adjective | being of striking appropriateness and pertinence |
| pertinency | noun | relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand |
| pertinence | noun | relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand |
| referee | noun | someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication |
| referral | noun | the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency) |
| consultation | noun | a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question |
| denotive | adjective | having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming |
| denotative | adjective | in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term |
| denotation | noun | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to |