CROSS-REFERENCE


Meaning of CROSS-REFERENCE in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: cross (III)

1. : a notation or direction at one part of a work referring to pertinent information at another part of the work

a file system complete with cross-references and bibliographies

2. : a grammatical agreement consisting of the use of a substantive and an equivalent pronoun or other substitute in the same construction (as Marie and elle in French Marie où est-elle? “where is Mary”? and as John and he in substandard English “John he went home”)

II.

transitive verb

1. : to supply with cross-references

cross-reference a catalog

2. : to refer from (as one subject) to a related subject

a book given coherence by cross-referenced paragraphs

intransitive verb

: cross-refer

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.