reference

reference /'refǝrǝns/ n

၁။ ~ (to sb/ sth)
(က) [U] ရည်ညွှန်း ပြောဆိုခြင်း။ စပ်၍ပြောဆိုခြင်း။
I'd hoped she would talk about her books, but she only made passing reference to them. ❍ Try to avoid making any reference to his illness. (ခ) [C] ရည်ညွှန်းချက်။ His jokes include many topical references. ❍ The book is full of references to places I know.
၂။ ~ (to sb/ sth) မေးမြန်းခြင်း။ She should not have done it without reference to me first.
၃။ [U] ကိုးကားခြင်း။ မှီငြမ်းခြင်း။ Keep this list of numbers near the phone for easy reference. ❍ The guidebook may be useful for future reference.
၄။ [C] ~ (to sb/ sth) ကိုးကားချက်။ ကျမ်းကိုး။ There is a list of references at the end of each chapter. See also CROSS-REFERENCE
၅။ [C] အညွှန်း။ (မြေပုံ)ညွှန်း။ a map reference ❍ Each book in the library carries a reference mark on the cover.
၆။ [U] (fml ) ဆက်သွယ်မှု။ နှီးနွှယ်မှု။ These facts bear/ have no reference to (ie are not relevant to ) the matter under discussion. ❍ I am writing with/ in reference to (ie about) your job application. See also FRAME OF REFERENCE, TERMS OF REFERENCE
၇။ [C] (abbr ref ) (commerce ) ရည်ညွှန်းချက်။ ရည်ညွှန်းစာ (အမှတ်)။ Please quote our reference when replying.
၈။ [C] ထောက်ခံချက်။ ထောက်ခံစာ။ give/ quote sb/ sb's name as a reference ❍ You can use your present employer as a reference. ❍ provide/supply sb with a reference ❍ She came to us with excellent references. Compare TESTIMONIAL ၁
❏ reference book n ရည်ညွှန်းစာအုပ်။
❏ reference library n ရည်ညွှန်းစာအုပ်များ။ ရည်ညွှန်း စာအုပ်စင်။