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Definitions

frame of reference

NOUN
standards for judging or deciding
Synonyms
WEAK
context coordinate system framework reference frame reference system standpoint universe of discourse

Example Sentences

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Today’s lawmakers looking for a frame of reference may want to read up on the efforts to regulate a questionable trading platform of an earlier era, the “bucket shop.”

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Its frame of reference runs deeper, and it looks for inspiration in such modernist masterpieces as I.M.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

"Many have no frame of reference as to what measles can do to a child, family or community."

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

Hearing those comments "put me right back" in the recording studio, said Law, explaining that Britten's use of tonal ambiguity "didn't fit the normal frame of reference for a school choir".

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

What the program needed was some frame of reference, some central point on which to build.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer