reference
cite
referrible
mention
name
bring up
advert
refer
referment
pertain
referentially
apply
call
referential
referrable
in
referend
greet
hit upon
have in mind
think of
mean
attributee
field
touch on
referring
address
rerefer
referentiality
sense
replisomal
addressee
in relation to
referrer
make mention
addressive
demonstrative
denotatum
interreferential
comment
referencing
attach
sports fan
portray
attributive
answer
addresser
credit
consult
captioner
signific
allude
hit home
strike a note
you
bespeech
consultation
referee
epithet
strike a chord
evoke
scurrilize
squint
referendaryship
strike home
countermark
directive
subcaption
make mention of
allusion
captioning
relatum
present
linkee
anaphora
revert
attributively
expressive
charge
referenceable
impute
connotate
baby
attributional
man
dude
keyword
referrible
referential
referrable
replisomal
addressive
demonstrative
interreferential
attributive
signific
directive
present
referenceable
attributional
referentially
in
attributively
referment
reference
referend
attributee
referring
referentiality
sense
addressee
referrer
denotatum
referencing
sports fan
addresser
captioner
consultation
referee
referendaryship
allusion
captioning
relatum
linkee
anaphora
expressive
baby
man
dude
keyword
reference
cite
mention
name
bring up
advert
refer
pertain
apply
call
greet
hit upon
have in mind
think of
mean
field
touch on
address
rerefer
make mention
comment
attach
portray
answer
credit
consult
allude
hit home
strike a note
bespeech
epithet
strike a chord
evoke
scurrilize
squint
strike home
countermark
subcaption
make mention of
revert
charge
impute
connotate
verb
noun
- the act of referring or consulting
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- an indicator that orients you generally
- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
adj
verb
- make reference to
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- charge with a function; charge to be
- create and charge with a task or function
- mention and identify by name
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
noun
verb
- make reference to
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- look after a child until it is an adult
- promote from a lower position or rank
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to come to a sudden stop
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
verb
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- ask (for something)
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- give or convey physically
- avail oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- apply oneself to
verb
- To name or refer to.
- To require, demand.
- To scold.
- To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
- Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- To request, summon, or beckon.
- To cause to be verbally subjected to.
- To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- To come to pass; to afflict.
- To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
- To predict.
- To contact by telephone.
- To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
- To cry or shout.
- To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
- (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- To stop at a station or port.
- To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
- To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
- To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
- To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
- To declare in advance.
- To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
- To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
- To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
- To demand repayment of a loan.
- To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
noun
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- A cry or shout.
- A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- Need; necessity.
- The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A decision or judgement.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- The act of calling to the other batsman.
adv
- Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- After the beginning of something.
- The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.
- Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.
- At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
adj
- In fashion; popular.
- Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.
- Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
- Inserted or fitted into something.
- With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
- Incoming.
- Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.
- Having been collected or received.
- Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
- Currently batting.
- He is very in with the Joneses.
- Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.
- Furled or stowed.
- Located inside something.
prep
- Within the bounds or limits of.
- During (a period of time).
- Into.
- Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
- Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
- Characterized by.
- In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
- Surrounded by; among; amidst.
- Denoting a state of the subject.
- Less water gets in your boots this way.
- In the form of, in the denomination of.
- Indicating an order or arrangement.
- Contained by.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
- At the end of (a period of time).
- Wearing (an item of clothing).
- Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
- Pertaining to; with regard to.
noun
verb
verb
- intend to refer to
- mean or intend to express or convey
- have as a logical consequence
- denote or connote
- have in mind as a purpose
- have a specified degree of importance
- destine or designate for a certain purpose
adj
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- characterized by malice
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- of no value or worth
- very good; of the highest quality
noun
verb
- To answer; to address.
- To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- To execute research (in the field).
- To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- To deploy in the field.
- The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
- To defeat.
- To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- The background of the shield.
- An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal
- The extent of a given perception.
- A region containing a particular mineral.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- The background of the flag.
- The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
- The outfield.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
verb
- To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
- To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
- To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
- To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
- To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
- To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
- To refer to a location in computer memory.
- To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
- To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
- To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
noun
- An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
- A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
- A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
- The property itself.
- A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address.
- The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
- A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
noun
- The way that a referent is presented.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
- Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
verb
verb
verb
- To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
- To adhere; to be attached.
- To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
- To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
- To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
verb
- To make a reply or response to.
- To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To file a document in response to a complaint.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
noun
verb
- To acknowledge the contribution of.
- To believe; to put credence in.
- To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
- To add to an account.
noun
- Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
- A source of value, distinction or honour.
- A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
- A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
- The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
- Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
- Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
- An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
- A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
- A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
- Recognition for having taken a course (class).
- A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
- Recognition, respect and admiration.
- A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
verb
- To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
- To refer to (something) for information.
- To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
- To advise or offer expertise.
- To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
- To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
noun
det
- Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.
- The individual or group spoken or written to.
pron
- Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
- (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.
- A person who settles a dispute.
- An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
- An umpire or judge; an official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
verb
verb
noun
- A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
verb
- To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- To look or glance sideways.
- To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
- To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
noun
- An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
- A quick or sideways glance.
- A hagioscope.
- A short look; a peep.
- The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
- The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
adj
adj
noun
- An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
- A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
- The directive case.
- An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
- A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
adj
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
verb
- To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
- To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
noun
noun
- An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
- An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
- The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ.
- The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
verb
- To reply (to correspondence, for example).
- Of an estate: To return to its former owner, or to his or her heirs, when a grant comes to an end.
- To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.
- To take up again or return to a previous topic.
- To convert to Islam.
- To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.
- To treat (a series, such as y = a + bx + cx² + ..., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x), so as to find the second variable x expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.
- To return to the possession of.
- To cause to return to a former condition.
- To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
- To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
- To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.
noun
- The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
- One who reverts to that religion which he had adhered to before having converted to another
- One who, or that which, reverts.
- The skateboard maneuver of rotating the board 180 degrees or more while the wheels remain on the ground.
- A convert to Islam.
noun
- Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.
- A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.
adj
verb
- To add to or represent on.
- To cause to take on an electric charge.
- To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
- To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
- To assign (a debit) to an account.
- To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
- To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
- To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- To call to account; to challenge.
- To impute or ascribe.
- To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
- To commit a charging foul.
- To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
- To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
- To ornament with or cause to bear.
- To assume as a bearing.
- To replenish energy.
- To assign a duty or responsibility to.
- To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
noun
- An instruction.
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
- A load or burden; cargo.
- A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
- A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- A sort of plaster or ointment.
- An electric charge.
- An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- Cannabis.
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- A measured amount of explosive.
- An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
noun
- A term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse.
- Unborn young; a fetus.
- A pet project or responsibility.
- An affectionate term for anything.
- The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
- A very young human, particularly from conception or birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.
- A concept or creation endeared by its creator.
- One who is new to an identity or community.
- A person's romantic partner.
- Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.
- A person who is immature, infantile or feeble.
- A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
verb
- To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.
- To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
adj
noun
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- a male subordinate
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
verb
noun
- A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
- An inexperienced cowboy.
- A tourist.
- A man, generally a younger man.
verb
- Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
- To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
- To address someone as dude.
intj
noun
- Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
- A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
- Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or at least merely listed in the metadata for searches to find.
- Any word used as the key to a code.
- Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.
verb
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