Scrabble?! REFERENCE

Definitions of REFERENCE in various dictionaries:

noun - a remark that calls attention to something or someone

noun - a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

noun - an indicator that orients you generally

noun - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

noun - a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

noun - the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression

noun - the act of referring or consulting

noun - a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

noun - (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

noun - the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

verb - refer to

An act of referring: My careful writing results from many references to a dictionary.

Significance in a specified context: Her speeches have special reference to the African situation.

Meaning or denotation.

The state of being related or referred: with reference to; in reference to.

A mention of an occurrence or a situation: She made frequent references to her promotion.

A note in a publication referring the reader to another passage or source.

The passage or source so referred to.

A work frequently used as a source.

A mark or footnote used to direct a reader elsewhere for additional information.

Law.

Submission of a case to a referee.

Legal actions conducted before or by a referee.

A person who is in a position to recommend another or to vouch for his or her fitness, as for a job.

A statement about a person’s qualifications, character, and dependability.

To supply references to: “Our memories are addressed and referenced... by significant fragments of their own content” (Frederick Turner).