Meaning

• Noun

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

• Verb