[{"word":"dereferences","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is dereferenced.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To access the value or object located in a memory location stored in a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash."},{"definition":"(in operating systems derived from Unix) To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.","synonyms":["follow","resolve"],"antonyms":[],"example":"With the find command, any symbolic links appearing after -follow will be dereferenced."}],"synonyms":["follow","resolve"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dereference","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dereferences"]}]