reference

Definition

Examples

The hiring committee checked all three references before making a final job offer.

Word Family

Synonyms

• recommendationsomething (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable
• endorsementa promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

Collocations

• Easy reference book on desk
  to reference book on desk, meaning to refer to
• Medium provide three professional references
  to supply or make available regarding three professional references
• Hard make explicit reference to statutory provisions
  to create, produce, or cause regarding explicit reference to statutory provisions
• Very Hard shift one's cognitive frame of reference
  to shift one's cognitive frame of reference, meaning to make a shift in or exchange of