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refrence

refrence is the misspelling 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.

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Questions about refrence

What is refrence the misspelling of?
Refrence is the misspelling of reference.

Words near refrence in the dictionary

  1. refreezings
  2. refrein
  3. refreins
  4. refrenation
  5. refrenations
  6. refrence
  7. refrenced
  8. refresh
  9. refresh rate
  10. refresh rates
  11. refresh someone's memory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refrence (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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