English-Dutch translations for referendum

• referendum
  Referendum in Venezuela (debat) Referendum in Venezuela (debate)
  Het is niet te geloven, een referendum. Yes, believe it or not, a referendum.
  Geef de mensen in Portugal een referendum. Give the people in Portugal a referendum.
• volksraadpleging
  In andere lidstaten durft men niet eens een volksraadpleging aan. Other countries dare not even organise a referendum.
  Ten tweede omdat het de volksraadpleging in eigen land gewoon laat doorgaan. Secondly, on having maintained its referendum.
  Lissabon is immers juridisch dood sinds de volksraadpleging in Ierland. Lisbon, after all, has been legally dead since the referendum in Ireland.

Definition of referendum

• A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. The adposition ''on'is usually used before the related subject of the vote
• An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter

Examples

• My father is taking my decision on whether to go to university as a referendum on his performance as a parent, and its very stressful.

Related words

• reference
• preferential
• referent
• referential
• preference
• self-referential
• references
• referencing
• preferences