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cross-reference

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To provide something with a cross-reference.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cross-refer

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To compare two or more sources of information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cross-index

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation

History

Etymology

From cross- + reference.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: препратка (prepratka) — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交叉引用 (jiāochā yǐnyòng) — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Dutch: doorverwijzing — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Finnish: ristiviittaus — a reference to another location in the same source
  • French: renvoi — a reference to another location in the same source
  • German: Querverweis — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Irish: crostagairt — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Italian: rimando — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Italian: rinvio — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Māori: tohu whakawhiti — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Norwegian: kryssreferanse — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Polish: odsyłacz,odnośnik, odpowiednik — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Portuguese: referência, nota — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Russian: перекрёстная ссы́лка (perekrjóstnaja ssýlka) — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Spanish: remisión — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Swedish: korsreferens — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Ukrainian: перехре́сне посила́ння (perexrésne posylánnja) — a reference to another location in the same source
  • Welsh: croesgyfeiriad — a reference to another location in the same source
  • German: mit einem Querverweis versehen — provide with cross-reference
  • Norwegian: kryssreferere — provide with cross-reference
  • Norwegian: kryssreferanse — provide with cross-reference
  • Polish: odniesienie — provide with cross-reference
  • Polish: odsyłacz — provide with cross-reference
  • Polish: odnośnik — provide with cross-reference
  • Polish: odpowiednik — provide with cross-reference
  • Spanish: remitir — provide with cross-reference
  • Swedish: korsreferera — provide with cross-reference
  • Swedish: korsreferens — provide with cross-reference