Noun

(Preferans) (en noun)

The selection of one thing or person over others.

The option to so select, and the one selected.

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The state of being preferred over others.

A strong liking or personal valuation.

A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.

Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

Noun

(en noun)

A relationship or relation ((to) something).

*, III.1.3:

all these are far more eminent and great, when they shall proceed from a sanctified spirit, that hath a true touch of religion and a reference to God.

A measurement one can compare to.

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted

A reference work.

(semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.

(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

(programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.

(programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in a web page such as ™ or €.

(obsolete) appeal

* Shakespeare

Make your full reference .