casual reference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcasualandreference
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casual
adjective
uk/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl/us/ˈkæʒ.uː.əl/
Casual clothes are not formal or not suitable for ...
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reference
noun
uk/ˈref.ər.əns/us/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition ofcasualandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcasual reference
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But it is what may be termed the 'missing links', the relationships doomed to silence or tocasualreference, that most concern us here.
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I believe, however, that the original mention of natural things isn't just acasualreferenceto the normal state of affairs.
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He should at least make acasualreferenceto the amendments which we are supposed to be discussing.
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Although this report fortunately does not go that far, there is acasualreferenceto the assessment of children.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There is acasualreferenceat the beginning of the code of practice to reducing capacity in the name of efficiency.
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I hope that nobody is going to treat this as a kind ofcasualreferencewhich one must bring in.
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There is even more to be said with regard to this question than acasualreferenceto these exports.
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He may have made acasualreferenceto it.
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Casual references by prisoners to officers' personal lives induce a sense of menace that is played on by many prisoners.
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I do not believe that it is right or proper in a matter of this kind to make sweeping generalisations about bad catering and casual references to "stale buns"and"tired sandwiches".
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The book captures the innocent spirit of life in the 1950s, both through the playfully light storyline and the casual references to convertibles, sweaters, meeting boys, and soda shops.
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