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category reference

category reference noun: a reference that specifies within some taxonomy or text typology one or more defined categories into which the referenced article, computer file etc. belongs.

Noun

category reference (plural category references)

  1. A reference that specifies within some taxonomy or text typology one or more defined categories into which the referenced article, computer file etc. belongs.

Forms of category reference

pluralcategory references

Questions about category reference

What does category reference mean?
Category reference means a reference that specifies within some taxonomy or text typology one or more defined categories into which the referenced article, computer file etc. belongs.
What part of speech is category reference?
Category reference is a noun.
What is the plural of category reference?
The plural of category reference is category references.

Words near category reference in the dictionary

  1. category fraud
  2. category killer
  3. category killers
  4. category mistake
  5. category mistakes
  6. category reference
  7. category references
  8. category theory
  9. category-mistake
  10. category-mistakes
  11. categoryless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: category reference (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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