reference

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (archaic, countable, literary, uncountable) A relationship or relation (to something).
2. (countable, uncountable) A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
3. (countable, uncountable) Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
4. (Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) A person who provides this information; a referee.
5. (attributive, countable, often, uncountable) A reference work.
6. (countable, uncountable) The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
7. (countable, uncountable) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
8. (countable, literary, uncountable) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
9. (countable, literary, uncountable) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
10. (countable, uncountable) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
11. (countable, uncountable) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Appeal.

Verb

1. To provide a list of references for (a text).
2. To cite, to use as a reference.
3. (proscribed, sometimes) To mention, to refer to.
4. To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.

Concepts

référence

mention

référencer

renvoi

faire référence

témoignage

mentionner

recommandation

référer

citation

discussion

source

consulter

consultation

allusion

personnage

personnalité

point de repère

rapport

référentiel

relation

renseignement

se référer à

souvenir

standard

suscription

de contrôle

demande de renseignements

livre de référence

références

base de référence

adresse

en se référant à

base

but

caractère

citer

comparer

crédit

critère

évoquer

faire référence à

fontaine

⛲

lettre de recommandation

nature

norme

objectif

Synonymes

mention

allusion

citation

quotation

testimonial

consultation

cite

character

relation

denotation

recommendation

source

acknowledgment

information

certificate

relationship

mark

address

reference point

inquiry

connection

character reference

refer

credit

point of reference

certification

refer to

regard

capacity

authority

reference work

reference book

bibliography

references

referral

sign

proof

competence

compare

instance

frame of reference

index

quote

description

deposition

concern

discussion

standard

evidence

base

Traductions

referencia

referência

riferimento

Referenz

αναφορά

Verweis

mención

referentie

verwijzing

referans

referenza

Bezug

Hinweis

referència

referenzieren

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence.

Phrases

Normal heights are thus dependent upon the reference ellipsoid chosen .

Les hauteurs normales dépendent donc de l'ellipsoïde de référence choisie.