personal reference
noun[C]
ukusHR
→referencenoun:
When sheappliedfor thejob, shelistedthreepersonalreferenceson herapplication.
Examplesofpersonal reference
personal reference
This notebook became the director'spersonalreferencefor the duration of his work on the film.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But nowhere in the fable is it suggested that this constitutes apersonalreference.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Students should print a copy of these terms and conditions forpersonalreference.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Every spatial deictic term andpersonalreferenceterm used by the children was analysed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That withpersonalreferenceis almost categorically avoided in edited writing, though quite frequent (38 per cent) in casual speech.
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As is well known, the use ofpersonalreferenceterms varies depending on the speech role one occupies in the conversation.
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Figure 6 shows the three centuries of cataphoricpersonalreferencewith all three variants displayed.
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To be sure thepersonalreferenceneed not be explicit.
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As such, this study has provided quantitative and qualitative data which may be useful for us to better understand the acquisition ofpersonalreferenceterms by blind children.
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That is without anypersonalreferenceto anyone who has gone in for this defilement; it is just a generalised observation.
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- get-nowhere-fast
- get off
- get-off
- get-off-arse
- get-off-ass
- get-off-back
- get-off-backside
- get-off-case
- get-off-chest
- get off lightly
- get-off-lightly
- get-off-on
- get off on something
- get off on sth
- get-off-on-sth
- get off on the right foot
- get-off-on-the-right-foot
- get off on the right/wrong foot
- get-off-on-the-right-wrong-foot
- get-off-or-get-off
- get off sb's back
- get-off-sb-s-back
- get off sb's case
- get-off-sb-s-case
- get off someone's back