English Dictionary

reference

/ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns/

noun

(literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something). / A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.

I need a reference for my job application.

意味（1）

(literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).

A man is beloued of a man, in that he is a man, but all theſe are farre more eminent and great, when they ſhal proceed from a ſanctified ſpirit, that hath a true touch of Religion, and a reference to God.

意味（2）

A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.

意味（3）

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.

Changes will befall, and friends may part, / But distance only cannot change the heart / And were I call’d to prove th’ assertion true, / One proof should serve—a reference to you.

意味（4）

(UK, Ireland) A person who provides this information; a referee.

意味（5）

(often attributive) A reference work.

reference grammar ― detailed linguistic description of a particular language's grammar

意味（6）

The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.

意味（7）

(semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.

意味（8）

(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.

意味（9）

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

意味（10）

(computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.

意味（11）

(programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.

意味（12）

(obsolete) Appeal.

Y’are falne into a Princely hand, feare nothing, / Make your full reference freely to my Lord, / Who is ſo full of Grace, that it flowes ouer / On all that neede.