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Ref

noun
/ɹɛf/
Word Frequency: 7.3

Definitions

1.nounA referee.
2.nounA refrigerator.
3.verbTo referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.
4.nounA dining-hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.
5.nounA relationship or relation (to something).
6.nounA measurement one can compare to.
7.nounInformation about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
8.nounA person who provides this information; a referee.
9.nounA reference work.
10.nounThat which serves as a reference work.
11.nounThe act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
12.nounA relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
13.noun(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
14.noun(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
15.nounAn object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
16.noun(character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
17.nounAppeal.

Synonyms

refereebaselinefootnotebenchmarklectionlpepartreferencereferralreferendumarbitratorsee

Rhymes With

jeffchefclefbass cleftreble clefalto cleftenor clefroman a clef
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