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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61. He makes only a passing reference to the theory in his book.
62. I am writing with reference to your article on salaries for scientists.
63. In all future letters on this subject, please use/quote our reference JW/155/C/1991.
64. You'll find the information in the reference section of your local library.
65. It is easy to choose our own frame of reference and attack any ideas that do not fit it.
65. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
66. The governor made only a passing reference to the problem of unemployment .
67. She used her work experience as a frame of reference for her teaching.
68. This test is to be taken by all pupils without reference to age or grade.
69. Make a note of the reference number shown on the form.
70. The book does not reference anything written in the last 10 years.
71. I wrote down the name of the hotel for future reference .
72. How can Christians and atheists ever come to understand each other when their frames of reference are so different?
73. I am writing to you in reference to the job opening in your department.
74. Keep one as a master copy for your own reference and circulate the others.
75. When I was looking for a job, I asked my head teacher to give me a reference.
76. What's the grid reference of the village on this map?
77. For ease of reference, only the relevant extracts of the regulations are included.
78. The book is by far the best general reference on natural history.
79. They publish reference books.
80. I like to keep in with my ex-employer, you never know when you might need a reference.
81. Some comments may or may not be understood as harassment, depending on your frame of reference .
82. It was very conveniently situated just across the road from the City Reference Library.
83. The book contains a quick reference guide to essential grammar at the back.
84. The pilots were just given a grid reference of the target.
85. No reference to their existence appears in any literature of the period.
86. The usual convention is to choose the reference point at infinity.
87. I finally tracked down the reference in a dictionary of quotations.
88. We know we're dealing with someone with a different frame of reference.
89. The matter, they decided, lay outside the commission's terms of reference.
90. I finally tracked the reference down in a book of quotations.
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