\b0\i0\fs24Four different kinds of cross-references are used in this dictionary: directional, synonymous, cognate, and inflectional. In each instance the cross-reference is readily recognized by the lightface small capitals in which it is printed. \
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\b0\i0\fs24A cross-reference following a lightface dash and beginning with \b0\i see\b0\i0 or \b0\i compare\b0\i0 is a directional cross-reference. It directs the dictionary user to look elsewhere for further information. A \b0\i compare\b0\i0 cross-reference is regularly appended to a definition; a \b0\i see\b0\i0 cross-reference may stand alone: \
\b0\i0\fs24A cross-reference immediately following a boldface colon is a synonymous cross-reference. It may stand alone as the only definitional matter for an entry or for a sense or subsense of an entry; it may follow an analytical definition; it may be one of two synonymous cross-references separated by a comma: \
\b0\i0\fs24A synonymous cross-reference indicates that a definition at the entry cross-referred to can be substituted as a definition for the entry or the sense or subsense in which the cross-reference appears. \
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\b0\i0\fs24A cross-reference following an italic \b0\i var of\b0\i0 is a cognate cross-reference: \
\b rou\'b7ble \b0\i var of\b0\i0 {\fs20 RUBLE} \
\b0\i0\fs24Sometimes a cognate cross-reference has a limiting label preceding \b0\i var of\b0\i0 as a specific indication that the variant is not standard English: \
\b oe\'b7soph\'b7a\'b7gus \b0\i chiefly Brit var of\b0\i0 {\fs20 ESOPHAGUS}\
\i0\b sher\'b7ris\b0\i0 ... \b0\i archaic var of\b0\i0 {\fs20 SHERRY}\
\b0\i0\fs24A cross-reference following an italic label that identifies an entry as an inflected form of a noun, of an adjective or adverb, or of a verb is an inflectional cross-reference. Inflectional cross-references appear only when the inflected form falls at least a column away from the entry cross-referred to: \
\b lives \b0\i pl of\b0\i0 {\fs20 LIFE}\
\i0\b shone \b0\i past and past part of\b0\i0 {\fs20 SHINE} \
\b0\i0\fs24When guidance seems needed as to which one of several homographs or which sense of a multisense word is being referred to, a superscript numeral may precede the cross-reference or a sense number may follow it or both: \