Synonym: acknowledgment, book of facts, character, character reference, citation, cite, consultation, credit, denotation, extension, mention, point of reference, quotation, reference book, reference point, reference work, source. Similar words: preference, conference, difference, make a difference, refer, different, interfere, inherent. Meaning: ['refrəns] 
n. 1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone 2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage 3. an indicator that orients you generally 4. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts 5. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability 6. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to 7. the act of referring or consulting 8. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to 9. the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to. v. refer to.
n. 1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone 2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage 3. an indicator that orients you generally 4. a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts 5. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability 6. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to 7. the act of referring or consulting 8. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to 9. the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to. v. refer to. 
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271. There is no reference to any additional expenditure on working to ensure a fairer system of legal liability.
272. Nor can the operation of constitutional law be understood without reference to the practice of politics.
273. Rather, it serves as an eminently readable reference book for those considering a life in food biz.
274. The first priority is to consult a good reference book to identify the pest and choose the most effective control.
275. However, it is unlikely that such proprietorial power will be exercised without reference to commercial considerations or marketing considerations.
276. Depending on the strength of identification with the reference groups an individual may conform to its standards and norms.
277. The answer is no, because some truth properties and truth relations hold regardless of reference, provided meaning is held constant.
278. Although the various managerial tasks are interlinked, they are described discretely for ease of reference.
279. This is illustrated by reference to teachers' responses to various externally sponsored innovations and the teachers' pay dispute of 1985-86.
280. It is exactly this latter view of the nature of reference which the discourse analyst has to appeal to.
281. Similarly(sentencedict.com), the reference to reactions in organic solvents merited further discussion.
282. Thus, in discourse analysis, reference is treated as an action on the part of the speaker / writer.
283. Part 4 contains a list of the reference data sets and reference results used for the comparisons made throughout the book.
284. For comic relief, obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
285. The studies are being carried out with reference to explanations for criminal acts and educational outcomes and are being explored in an inter-group context.
286. Before moving on to the next step, write yourself a character reference for a job.
287. Terms of reference for due diligence will naturally be a matter for yourselves and the investigating accountants to consider and agree.
288. Your reference to balanced reporting is surprising, to say the least.
289. As a visual aid to anatomical familiarity, a reference book such as this has undoubted value.
289. Wish you can benefit from sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
290. Reference to the column of the character table showing the Cartesian axis directions then gives the symmetry species directly.
291. The data collection schedule will be attached following the footnote reference list.
292. The library's database can be accessed via workstations in the reference room.
293. We finally debated at great length whether it would be possible to avoid making explicit reference to the Director.
294. There was some reference to a letter and that was quite enough to make Charity cut in at once.
295. Failure to comply with the terms of a Default Notice will normally result in the default being disclosed to credit reference agencies.
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