Hyphenation of reference

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word reference? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ref-er-ence

Definitions of reference:

1.	A remark that calls attention to something or someone She made frequent mention of her promotion There was no mention of it The speaker made several references to his wife
2.	A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage The student's essay failed to list several important citations The acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book The article includes mention of similar clinical cases
3.	An indicator that orients you generally It is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved
4.	A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts He contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic
5.	A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability Requests for character references are all too often answered evasively
6.	The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression The class of objects that an expression refers to The extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
7.	The act of referring or consulting Reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer
8.	A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to He carried an armful of references back to his desk He spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
9.	(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
10.	The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to He argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes
11.	Refer to He referenced his colleagues' work

Synonyms of reference:

noun	mention, remark, comment
noun	citation, acknowledgment, credit, mention, quotation, note, annotation, notation
noun	reference point, point of reference, indicator
noun	reference book, reference work, book of facts, book
noun	character, character reference, recommendation, testimonial, good word
noun	denotation, extension, meaning, substance
noun	consultation, action
noun	source, publication
noun	meaning, substance
verb	cite, write, compose, pen, indite

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.