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referenced

referenced is the simple past and past participle of reference.

Meaning of reference

Verb

reference (third-person singular simple present references, present participle referencing, simple past and past participle referenced)

  1. To provide a list of references for (a text).
    • You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it.
  2. (occasionally proscribed) To cite, to use as a reference.
    • Reference the dictionary for word meanings.
  3. (proscribed, sometimes) To mention, to refer to.
    • In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.
  4. To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
    • The given pointer will reference the actual generated data.

See all 16 meanings of reference

Forms of referenced

comparativemore referenced
superlativemost referenced

Words formed from referenced

Questions about referenced

What is referenced the simple past and past participle of?
Referenced is the simple past and past participle of reference.

Words near referenced in the dictionary

  1. reference variable
  2. reference variables
  3. reference work
  4. reference works
  5. referenceable
  6. referenced
  7. referenceless
  8. referencelessness
  9. referenceness
  10. referencer
  11. referencers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: referenced (page history and authors); 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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