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General (31 matching dictionaries)

1. reference: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. reference: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
3. reference: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. reference: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. reference: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. reference, reference: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Reference, reference: Wordnik [home, info]
8. reference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. reference: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. reference: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. reference: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. reference: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. reference: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. reference: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. reference: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. reference: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. Reference (computer science), Reference (disambiguation), Reference: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
18. Reference: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
19. reference: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
20. reference: Rhymezone [home, info]
21. reference: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
22. reference: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
23. reference: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference, Reference: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
25. reference: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
26. reference: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
27. reference: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
28. reference: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
29. reference: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art (7 matching dictionaries)

30. reference: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names [home, info]
31. reference: Philosophy of Mind [home, info]
32. reference: The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) [home, info]
33. reference: Linguistic Glossary [home, info]
34. reference: Literary Criticism [home, info]
35. Reference: Lexicon of Linguistics [home, info]
36. reference: ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science [home, info]

Business (6 matching dictionaries)

37. Reference: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
38. Reference: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info]
39. reference: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
40. REFERENCE: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info]
41. Reference (work), reference: Legal dictionary [home, info]
42. reference: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)

43. reference: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info]
44. Reference: Game Dictionary [home, info]
45. Reference (computer science), reference: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

46. reference: online medical dictionary [home, info]
47. Reference: Hepatitis C Information Central [home, info]
48. reference: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

49. reference: Sound-Alike Words [home, info]
50. reference: Idioms [home, info]
51. reference: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [home, info]

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

52. reference: Botanical Terms [home, info]
53. reference: FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy [home, info]

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

54. Reference: Dictionary for Avionics [home, info]

(Note: See referencing for more definitions.)

Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (reference) ▸ noun:  the act of referring or consulting ("Reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer") ▸ noun:  the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to ▸ 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") ▸ noun:  a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to ("He carried an armful of references back to his desk") ▸ noun:  a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts ("He contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic") ▸ 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 to often answered evasively") ▸ noun:  a remark that calls attention to something or someone ("The speaker made several references to his wife") ▸ noun:  an indicator that orients you generally ("It is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved") ▸ noun:  a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage ▸ verb:  refer to ("He referenced his colleagues' work") ▸ Also see referencing ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to reference ▸ Usage examples for reference ▸ Idioms related to reference (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing reference ▸ Words that often appear near reference ▸ Rhymes of reference ▸ Invented words related to reference