English-Dutch translations for reference

• referentie
  Deze referenties worden geheel terecht benadrukt. It is quite right to underline those references.
  Het blijft het referentie-instrument bij uitstek. It remains the reference instrument par excellence.
  Als referentie-instrument zal dit document wellicht wel zijn nut kunnen bewijzen. As a reference tool, this document should prove useful.
• naslag
• referent
  Voor mij vormt dit cijfer een referentiepunt. I see this as a reference point.
• referente
• verwijzing
  Het is een goede, relevante verwijzing. This is a good, relevant reference.
  Die verwijzing naar banen is nooit gedaan. This reference to jobs has never been made.
  Maar er is ook een verwijzing naar de bureaus voor technische bijstand. But there is also a reference to the 'BATs'.

Definition of reference

• A relationship or relation ( something
• A measurement one can compare to
• A person who provides this information; a referee
• That which serves as a reference work
• The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision
• A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text
• An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself
• 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

Examples

• You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it
• Reference the dictionary for word meanings
• In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent
• The given pointer will reference the actual generated data

Related words

• preference
• references
• preferences
• self-reference
• cross-reference
• dereference
• call-by-reference
• referenceable
• coreference