reference

reference is a 9-letter English word with 20 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
2. noun. That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
3. noun. Relation; regard; respect.
4. noun. One who, or that which, is referred to.
5. noun. One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
6. noun. A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.
7. noun. The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
8. noun. The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.
9. noun. Appeal.
10. noun. the act of referring or consulting

    "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"

    Synonyms: consultation

11. 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"

    Synonyms: denotation, extension

12. 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"

13. noun. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

    Synonyms: address

14. noun. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

    "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

15. 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"

    Synonyms: character

16. noun. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

    "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"

    "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"

    Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation

17. noun. a remark that calls attention to something or someone

    "she made frequent mention of her promotion"

    "there was no mention of it"

    Synonyms: mention

18. noun. an indicator that orients you generally

    "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"

19. noun. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

    "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"

    "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

    Synonyms: source

20. verb. refer to

    "he referenced his colleagues' work"

    Synonyms: cite

Synonyms

consultation, denotation, extension, address, character, acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, source

Common word forms

referenced, referencer, references, referencing

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for REFERENCE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.