An indicator that orients you generally.
Anything serving to indicate or point out, as a sign or token.
1They swarm near a fixed point of reference such as a branch.
2Bereft of a point of reference, she had no choice but to ask.
3A previous epidemic is a natural, and encouraging, point of reference.
4Games aren't the only geeky point of reference for the designer's new line.
5Use them as a point of reference when asking for directions.
6As a point of reference, going to the movies cost just 75 cents.
7As a point of reference, my friends are now in their early 30s.
8That means nothing, like I don't have any sort of point of reference.
9For me the striker is very important, he is a point of reference.
10She didn't have that immediate point of reference for one thing.
11They were a model family, a point of reference for intertribal and mixed marriage.
12So keep mentioning it as the authorised point of reference.
13There was no context, no anchor, no point of reference.
14He realised that the Reaper's sense of time would be equally without point of reference.
15Some students tell me, "I need a photograph as a point of reference."
16But this is not Barack Obama's point of reference.
Translations for point of reference