Reference vs Begin - What's the difference?
reference | begin |
A relationship or relation ((to) something).
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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
to refer to, to make reference to, to cite
to mention
(ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
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, title= To commence existence.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
As a verb begin is
(ambitransitive) to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.As a noun begin is
(nonstandard) beginning; start.reference
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- Make your full reference .
Derived terms
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* senseVerb
(referenc)- Reference the dictionary for word meanings.
Usage notes
* Some authorities object to the use of reference as a verb, preferring "refer to" or "cite".External links
* * English transitive verbsbegin
English
(wikipedia begin)Verb
- The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God.
- Ye nymphs of Solyma! begin the song.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.}}
Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.}}
- Vast chain of being! which from God began .