| noun | a remark that calls attention to something or someone “she made frequent mention of her promotion” |
| noun | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage “the student's essay failed to list several important citations” |
| noun | an indicator that orients you generally “it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved” |
| noun | a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts “he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic” |
| noun | 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 too often answered evasively” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | the act of referring or consulting “reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer” |
| noun | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to “he carried an armful of references back to his desk” |
| noun | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
| noun | 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” |
| verb | refer to “he referenced his colleagues' work” |
| mention | verb | make mention of |
| refer | verb | make reference to |
| cite | verb | refer to |
| acknowledge | verb | express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with |
| credit | verb | ascribe an achievement to |
| reference | verb | refer to |
| characterise | verb | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of |
| referent | adjective | having reference |
| denote | verb | have as a meaning |
| extensional | adjective | defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies |
| consult | verb | seek information from |
| source | verb | specify the origin of |
| address | verb | access or locate by address |
| referential | adjective | referring or pointing to something |
| reference | noun | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to |
| citation | noun | (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) |