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
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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
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Darwin's own notes cross-refer to his prose works according to his sometimes complicated systems of sections and subsections,
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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
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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.
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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.
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When appearing as cross-refer - ences, titles of articles are often given in abbreviated form.
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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
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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
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"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."
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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.
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