Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reference from one part of a book, index, catalog, or file to another part containing related information.
- transitive verb To provide with cross-references.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A reference in a book to another title, phrase, or passage in it for further treatment or elucidation of a subject.
- To relegate or refer by a cross-reference; provide with cross-references.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
reference ordirection in one place in abook or othersource ofinformation to information at another place in the same work - verb transitive To provide something with a cross-reference
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
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Examples
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It's true that if a blogger has been squeeing for weeks about a meeting with Shannon Hale or Holly Black and then reviews one of their books, I might cross-reference to any one of the three hundred reviews on the same subject.
"The fanboys can be merciless." Roger Sutton 2009
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So, I ran a computer cross-reference, and similar readings have been detected over the years, and . . .
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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“I just like to cross-reference different recipes to see how things are going to behave,” I say.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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I keep meaning to approach the web more efficiently and keep a TBR, update it regularly, and remember to cross-reference with the library catalog, but I never do.
"The fanboys can be merciless." Roger Sutton 2009
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So, I ran a computer cross-reference, and similar readings have been detected over the years, and . . .
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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For the members of the learned society of N, numbers are footnotes, a system of cross-reference.
A Museum of Numbers stephen hastings-king 2011
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I collect the journals of teenagers that have committed suicide and cross-reference them for similarities.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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For the members of the learned society of N, numbers are footnotes, a system of cross-reference.
A Museum of Numbers stephen hastings-king 2011
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I collect the journals of teenagers that have committed suicide and cross-reference them for similarities.
365 tomorrows » Duncan Shields : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Hyperlinks allow users to look up any defined term or cross-reference with a single click.
Discourse.net: Website Offers Hyperlinked Version of Google Book Settlement 2009
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