reference work
A compendium of information which is not generally intended to be read from beginning…A compendium of information which is not generally intended to be read from beginning to end but rather consulted on a spot basis, and is compiled for ease of reference; especially, a reference book, whether in print, digital, or both.
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Meaning
1 sensesA compendium of information which is not generally intended to be read from beginning to end but rather consulted on a spot basis, and is compiled for ease of reference; especially, a reference book, whether in print, digital, or both.
a small-format reference work
Nachschlagewerk
спра́вочный материа́лsprávočnyj materiál, спра́вочные материа́лыsprávočnyje materiály
- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
Examples
3 sentencesWikipedia is a reference work powered by an endless argument.
For starters, you can collect all the reference works you can find.
I apologize that I'm not able to give a better reference to this work.
Translations
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Origin
From reference + work.From reference + work.
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Forms
plural: reference works| Singular | reference work |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts:reference bookreferencebook of facts