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reference marks

reference marks is the plural of reference mark.

Meaning of reference mark

Noun

reference mark (plural reference marks)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reference, mark.
  2. A conventional symbol (such as *, ^, †, or ‡) or number ( ¹ to ᪲ ) in a document , often shown as a superscript, used to refer a reader to a footnote or endnote.

Questions about reference marks

What is reference marks the plural of?
Reference marks is the plural of reference mark.

Words near reference marks in the dictionary

  1. reference list
  2. reference lists
  3. reference manual
  4. reference manuals
  5. reference mark
  6. reference marks
  7. reference point
  8. reference points
  9. reference star
  10. reference stars
  11. reference time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reference marks (page history and authors); reference mark (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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