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subreference

subreference noun: a secondary or subsidiary reference.

Noun

subreference (plural subreferences)

  1. A secondary or subsidiary reference.

Verb

subreference (third-person singular simple present subreferences, present participle subreferencing, simple past and past participle subreferenced)

  1. (rare, transitive) To assign a subreference to.
    • any publication referenced or subreferenced in this standard

Forms of subreference

Noun
pluralsubreferences
Verb
third-person singular presentsubreferences
present participlesubreferencing
past participlesubreferenced
pastsubreferenced

Origin of subreference

From sub- + reference.

Questions about subreference

What does subreference mean?
Subreference means a secondary or subsidiary reference.
What part of speech is subreference?
Subreference can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of subreference?
The plural of subreference is subreferences.

Words near subreference in the dictionary

  1. subrecurved
  2. subreddit
  3. subredditor
  4. subredditors
  5. subreddits
  6. subreference
  7. subreferenced
  8. subreferences
  9. subreferencing
  10. subreflector
  11. subreflectors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subreference (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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