Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refer

plural of refer

simple past tense and past participle of refer

to talk about or write about something

to cite a piece of research in speech or in writing

plural of absent referent

(semantics) The condition of a sign which has an empty, absent, non-existent, paradoxical, hypothetical, supernatural, or undefined referent, such as nothing, null, vacuum, or void.

plural of reference work

(data management) Data describing a physical or virtual object and its properties.

The list of sources used or considered in preparing a work.