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| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remark, citation |
| Synonyms: | allusion, connecting, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, quotation, resource, source, advertence, associating, attributing, bringing up, indicating, pointing out, relating, stating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | testimonial of good character |
| Synonyms: | certificate, character, credentials, endorsement, recommendation, tribute, certification, good word |
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | printed matter with information |
| Synonyms: | archives, dictionary, encyclopedia, evidence, source, thesaurus, writing, cyclopedia |
| Main Entry: | ascribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign to source |
| Synonyms: | accredit, attribute, charge, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, pin on, set down |
| Main Entry: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascribe, assign to source |
| Synonyms: | account for, accredit, apply, associate, blame, charge, connect, credit, hang on, impute, lay, refer, reference, trace, fix upon, hold responsible, pin on |
| Main Entry: | dictionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book of word meanings |
| Synonyms: | encyclopedia, glossary, language, lexicon, palaver, reference, terminology, vocabulary, concordance, cyclopedia, promptory |
| Main Entry: | hint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; suggestion |
| Synonyms: | advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, token, trace, warning, whiff*, whisper, wink*, wrinkle*, adumbration, flea in ear, glimmering, signification, tip-off, word to wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | implication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | assumption, conclusion, connection, connotation, entanglement, guess, hint, hypothesis, indication, inference, innuendo, intimation, involvement, link, meaning, overtone, presumption, ramification, reference, significance, undertone, union, incrimination, signification |
| Main Entry: | impute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute |
| Synonyms: | accredit, accuse, adduce, ascribe, assign, blame, brand, censure, charge, credit, hint, indict, insinuate, intimate, lay, refer, reference, stigmatize, hang something on, pin on |
| Antonyms: | defend, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | innuendo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion |
| Synonyms: | allusion, aside, aspersion, hint, implication, imputation, insinuation, intimation, overtone, reference, whisper |
| Antonyms: | evidence, proof |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | referral, observation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, allusion, citation, comment, footnote, indication, note, notice, notification, recognition, reference, remark, tribute, utterance, naming, specifying |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | quote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat something spoken, written by another |
| Synonyms: | adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, reference, refer to, retell |
| Notes: | one should use quote exclusively as a verb and use quotation as a noun |
| Main Entry: | recommendation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advice, approval |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, approbation, blessing, certificate, character reference, charge, commendation, counsel, direction, endorsement, esteem, eulogy, favorable mention, good word, guidance, injunction, instruction, judgment, letter of support, order, pass, plug*, praise, proposal, proposition, reference, sanction, steer*, suggestion, support, testimonial, tip, tribute, two cents' worth, urging |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, disapproval, discouragement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | testimonial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tribute |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, appreciation, certificate, character, commemoration, commendation, confirmation, degree, endorsement, evidence, homage, honor, indication, manifestation, memorial, monument, ovation, plug*, proof, recommendation, reference, remembrance, salute, salvo, show, sign, symbol, testament, testimony, token, voucher, witness, attestation, credential, memorialization, say-so |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | character reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal recommendation |
| Synonyms: | recommendation, reference, testimonial, voucher, certificate of character, good character, good word, letter of introduction, letter of recommendation, letter of reference |
| Main Entry: | reference mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typographical symbol |
| Synonyms: | bullet, dagger, ditto, reference, asterisk, caret, diacritical mark, double dagger, leaders, punctuation, punctuation mark |
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select and give a responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, appoint, ascribe, attach, attribute, authorize, cast, charge, choice, commission, commit, credit, delegate, deputize, designate, downlink, download, draft, elect, empower, enroll, entrust, hang on*, hire, impute, name, nominate, ordain, refer, reference, select, slot, tab, tag, hold responsible, pin on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt |
| Synonyms: | example, illustration, mention, passage, quotation, quote, quoting, reference, saying, source |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell, allude to, appeal to, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, refer to |
| Main Entry: | delegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, authorization, charge, consignment, conveyance, deputation, installation, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, trust, apportioning, commissioning, committal, consigning, conveying, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, investiture, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring |
| Antonyms: | keeping |
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