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noun

a reference from one part of a book, index, or the like, to related material, as a word or illustration, in another part.

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Origin of cross reference

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby cross reference

cross-react, cross-reacting agglutinin, cross-reacting antibody, cross-reaction, cross-refer, cross reference, cross relation, cross-resistance, Cross River, Cross River gorilla, crossroad

Other definitions for cross reference (2 of 2)

cross-reference

[ kraws-ref-er-uhns, -ref-ruhns, kros- ]

/ ˈkrɔsˈrɛf ər əns, -ˈrɛf rəns, ˈkrɒs- /

verb (used with or without object), cross-ref·er·enced, cross-ref·er·enc·ing.

to provide with cross references: The new encyclopedia is completely cross-referenced.

cross-refer.

Origin of cross-reference

First recorded in 1900–05

How to use cross reference in a sentence

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
Oops! Jesus’ Last Steps Are in the Wrong Place|Candida Moss|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

There is reference after reference to the “black community,” “black worth ethic,” and adherence to the “black value system.”
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise|Ron Christie|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for cross reference

cross-reference

noun

a reference within a text to another part of the text

verb

to cross-refer

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