I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a reference library (= one that does not lend books, so that you must read them there )
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The reference library contains a collection of documents relating to slavery.
biblical story/text/reference
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the biblical story of Noah
frame of reference (= knowledge and beliefs that influence the way you think )
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Some comments may or may not be understood as harassment, depending on your frame of reference .
grid reference (= number referring to a point on a map )
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The pilots were just given a grid reference of the target.
instruction/training/reference etc manual
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Consult the computer manual if you have a problem.
oblique reference
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an oblique reference to his drinking problem
point of reference
reference book
reference library
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
direct
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The boys make far fewer direct references to their own responses.
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What we are saying now, however, has direct reference to his views, as the reader will realize later.
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He made no direct reference to the disturbances in April against the government's economic policies.
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Few discussions about politics can occur without direct or indirect reference to power.
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However, there was no direct reference to the state of their marriage in the statement.
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These sayings have direct reference to the existence of scale and levels of being both in man and in the Cosmos.
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Sometimes the relationship may be direct but the reference deleted.
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In this book only occasional direct reference has been made to the results of numerical modelling.
easy
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Appendix 1 lists all the statutory instruments made under the Act for easy reference .
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We might like to keep this leaflet with your statements for easy reference .
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Other, generally applicable subdivisions, are shown in a separate list for easy reference .
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Don't miss our handy Gardener's Year binder, designed to store your monthly cut-out-and-keep guide, for easy reference .
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Broken down into sections for easy replay and reference this video will guide you through every stage of your pregnancy.
frequent
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In doing so I will be making frequent reference to the empirical research findings of criminologists working mostly in the positivist tradition.
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There are frequent references in her notes to such visits.
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There are frequent references in his diary to air-raids, sometimes two or three in the same day.
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Video showing rapid and intensive change, for example, will need frequent reference frames to maintain an intelligible motion sequence.
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Despite frequent references in the press to the number of Party functionaries in leading posts at the Front, such criticisms persisted.
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One area of television where frequent reference has been made to homosexuality is in the arts programmes.
future
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Any future reference to this Product must be made by either the existing Product identifier or this new title.
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She lodged this idea in the back of her mind for future reference .
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I am simply seeking clarification of the regulations for future reference .
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For your future reference , the committee has decided to hold this meeting on the last Monday of April of each year.
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If so, please take note of it for future reference .
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Free food For future reference , publishers who are looking for big orders at the fair might try serving free food.
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Thumbnails the first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference .
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By using test-kits and keeping a record of the readings obtained you also build-up and invaluable data bank for future reference .
quick
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It makes sense to keep such information on file for quick reference .
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The media, ever vulnerable to a quick reference that seems remotely objective, loves to publicize the latest ratings game.
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Windows Radio Toolbar, which puts a host of Net radio stations on your toolbar for quick reference .
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A list of macro names and the text that they include can be used for quick reference .
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The entering of symbols, with the help of a quick reference card, poses few problems.
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The sound programmers quick reference is an essential addition to your technical library.
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To provide quick reference for the file designer the data in Table 6.5 has been plotted in Fig. 6.11.
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There are marginal comments and addresses for quick reference .
■ NOUN
book
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A small collection of reference books is a most valuable asset on any farm.
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In the meantime, publishers continue to publish, between two covers, all sorts of reference books .
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There is no E. Serafin in the reference books .
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According to his reference books , over 11, 000 were delivered to the armed forces by 1949.
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Make yourself a present of Silences and keep it by you as a reference book .
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Perhaps if the rest of the writing had had the same approach we would have a worthy materials reference book .
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And they are useful reference books .
grid
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Car park is 1/4 mile up, on left. Grid reference 229889.
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Look out for the grid reference which appears in each accommodation entry.
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The Ordnance Survey grid references relate to the maps, with the grid lines 1 kilometre apart.
library
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Adobe have worked with Pantone to provide over 700 colour shades and combinations that are provided in a reference library on disk.
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Beyond this, the local studies collection in the public reference library will be a source of essential information.
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Attention has also been paid to the importance of collections maintained in museums, reference libraries , universities, and by corporations.
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Public reference libraries keep information on the larger companies.
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Go to the reference library and look up the electoral register for the last ten years or so.
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Use of extensive lending and reference library , provision of reading lists, etc.
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There will also be a reference library of gas-related books.
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She said that this pioneering reference library was good for democracy and good for citizenship.
map
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He says that if the ambulancemen had a map reference they might have found him sooner.
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Anywhere in the country can be given a map reference .
material
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Finally, users of reference materials described will enjoy learning about the reference material's analytical history.
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Your reference materials should be sorted out and grouped together around each subheading within the proposal outline.
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Finally, users of reference materials described will enjoy learning about the reference material's analytical history.
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They became permanent and readily accessible reference material in the painters' studios.
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Excellent source of reference material on a large range of topics, with good quality graphics and sound.
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These illustrations then acted as reference material for large oil paintings which were shown in galleries.
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A single, but important, article discussing the quality systems needed for production of reference materials represents quality assurance.
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Research papers from Daresbury have not been quoted by other physicists as important reference material .
number
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National grid field reference numbers must be used and areas stated in hectares, not in acres.
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When we take your details, your complaint will get a unique reference number .
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Parts lists including description reference numbers and sometimes drawings are necessary if the user is expected to deal with his own replacements.
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Please always quote the reference number shown on your confirmation account, and the departure date.
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A reference number given to every published work.
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Simply supply a sample of the colour or BS/RAL reference number and we do the rest.
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The Changes Log is described at Section 6 assign a change reference number to the change request.
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For this purpose, a company may be identified by stating its tax district and reference number or its company registration number.
point
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This was done by using the pylorus and the anatomical antrum-corpus boundary as reference points .
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It is equally correct and sometimes more useful to view demand from the reference point of quantity.
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Both PageMaker and Ventura select arbitrary reference points for their on-screen rulers, the top left-hand corner of the page.
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They establish reference points and reference lines.
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But he remained a constant reference point among those concerned about the course the nation was taking.
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This team has a reference point .
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Align to line up typeset or other graphic material as specified, using a base or vertical line as the reference point .
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Without precise reference points and instruments, I could not time the moonrise to the exact minute.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a glancing reference/mention
for future reference
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Microfilm copies will be kept for future reference.
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Also labels the components on your drawing as per your circuit diagram and retain for future reference.
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By using test-kits and keeping a record of the readings obtained you also build-up and invaluable data bank for future reference.
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Commodore G. Paul, plans of the drainage under the green had been made for future reference.
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I am simply seeking clarification of the regulations for future reference.
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If so, please take note of it for future reference.
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She lodged this idea in the back of her mind for future reference.
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This visit is only to get a look inside, to stake out the room for future reference.
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Thumbnails the first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference.
terms of reference
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Both sides have to agree on the terms of reference before there can be a trade deal.
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Although it has no formal terms of reference, its discussions principally concern grants and expenditure levels.
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As a result, the terms of reference will be sold beginning at an undetermined date no later than April 1.
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By the end of the seventeenth century, in Newton's science, the terms of reference had changed.
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Even within its own terms of reference, the positivist approach has problems.
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The terms of reference for the phone concessions were to go on sale Monday.
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The matter will be governed by the terms of reference and the procedure established, together with any code of conduct adopted.
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Those terms of reference seem to suit the Secretary of State down to the ground.
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Thus, terms of reference for the study will be established, and the scope and extent of the investigation defined.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a list of references at the end of the article
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Ask a teacher to act as one of your references.
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Did he make any reference to his forthcoming trial?
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For the adoption, the Millers provided references and numerous other documents.
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map reference SG49
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One shelf was filled with reference works.
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The poem contains references to places where the poet spent his childhood.
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The Queen made no reference to the incident in her speech.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also labels the components on your drawing as per your circuit diagram and retain for future reference .
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But these fragments of stories about these characters really are references for me.
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David Whitehouse has enough letters of character reference to paper Bermondsey warehouse and he seems anxious to read all of them.
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It is equally correct and more useful in some instances to view supply from the reference point of quantity.
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Sub-Committee E has wider terms of reference than the other sub-committees.
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The thesaurus functions not only as a retrieval aid, but also as a reference facility.
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We choose our frame of reference and attack something for not fitting it.
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Where, for example, is there even a passing reference to the benefits of fair trade?
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Programs typically reference the same limited areas of storage for relatively long periods of time.