cross reference
noun
a reference from one part of a book, index, or the like, to related material, as a word or illustration, in another part.
cross-referenced
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past participleof cross-reference.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cross-reference.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cross referencenouna reference from one part of a book, index, or the like, to related material, as a word or illustration, in another part.
Example Sentences
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For the report, the UN agency cross-referenced data showing where the roughly 2.4 billion children on the planet live with the geographic distribution of the eight most common climate impacts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
You never cross-referenced her number on the school’s parent list with the one on the text.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
When another spate of fires sprang up around a 1989 arson sleuth conference near Monterey, Casey cross-referenced a list of attendees with the first list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
Researchers in Australia re-examined the data from thousands of these cores and cross-referenced them with historical sea temperature records from the UK’s Hadley Centre.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
These tests were, of course, cross-referenced with the fake educational background and work history that I’d given to my bogus Bryce Lynch identity.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
