What is the meaning of Reference?

A relationship or relation (to something).

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

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

A person who provides this information; a referee.

A reference work.

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

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

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

A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

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

A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the symbol.

Appeal.

To provide a list of references for (a text).

To refer to, to use as a reference.

To mention, to cite.

To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.

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recommendation

Source: wiktionary.org