Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To refer (a reader) from one part or passage to another.
  • intransitive verb To make a cross-reference.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb to refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To make or use a cross-reference

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists

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Examples

  • I have always been able to cross-refer through the search facility so I think Ravi is correct.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Darwin's own notes cross-refer to his prose works according to his sometimes complicated systems of sections and subsections,

    About this Edition 2006

  • I have always been able to cross-refer through the search facility so I think Ravi is correct.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • The first three contributions cross-refer to the concerns triangulated by the work of Hogle, Castle and Crary, and as such help frame the last two.

    Introduction: Gothic Romance as Visual Technology 2005

  • Cape Town and Johannesburg would have complete access to the database, which will be used to verify and cross-refer written information from victims and perpetrators.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • When appearing as cross-refer - ences, titles of articles are often given in abbreviated form.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas 1925

  • Asked if computer systems today allowed the service to cross-refer information between their databases and those of West Yorkshire police, Witness G said: "It might do."

    The Guardian World News Richard Norton-Taylor 2011

  • Take for instance, the referral nexus prevailing among doctors wherein they cross-refer patients to each other, offering a cut for each patient referred.

    The Times of India 2010

  • "By having a team that can cross-refer to each other, when appropriate, we enable the client/patient to have a fully integrated treatment and hopefully resolve their problem more effectively."

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2010

  • In collegial environments, people might join forces and publish jointly (Like Wallace and Darwin did), or at least cross-refer to each other's work, but in adversarial environments where money is the prize, secrecy becomes important.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

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