Definitions
1.nounA relationship or relation (to something).
2.nounA measurement one can compare to.
3.nounInformation about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
4.nounA person who provides this information; a referee.
5.nounA reference work.
6.nounThat which serves as a reference work.
7.nounThe act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
8.nounA relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
9.noun(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
10.noun(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
11.nounAn object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
12.noun(character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
13.nounAppeal.
14.verbTo provide a list of references for (a text)."You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it."
15.verbTo refer to, to use as a reference."Reference the dictionary for word meanings."
16.verbTo mention, to cite."In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent."
17.verbTo contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory."The given pointer will reference the actual generated data."