refer

  • 31refer */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈfɜː(r)] / US [rɪˈfɜr] verb Word forms refer : present tense I/you/we/they refer he/she/it refers present participle referring past tense referred past participle referred Phrasal verbs: refer to …

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  • 32refer*/*/*/ — [rɪˈfɜː] verb refer to sth refer to sb/sth refer sb to sb/sth …

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  • 33refer — referable, referrable, referrible /ref euhr euh beuhl, ri ferr /, adj. referrer, n. /ri ferr /, v., referred, referring. v.t. 1. to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology. 2. to direct the attention or… …

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  • 34refer to — phr verb Refer to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑document, ↑term, ↑word Refer to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arbitration, ↑counselling, ↑document, ↑figure, ↑patient, ↑tribunal …

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  • 35refer — Synonyms and related words: account for, accredit, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, address to, advert, advert to, advise, advise with, affect, allude, allude to, answer to, appeal to, appertain to, apply, apply to, argue, ascribe to, ask …

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  • 36refer — v. (d; intr., tr.) to refer to (in her autobiography she never referred to her parents; the problem was referred to a committee; they referred me to the manager) * * * [rɪ fɜː] (d;intr.,tr.) to refer to (in her autobiography she never referred to …

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  • 37refer — When a case or action involves matters of account or other intricate details which require minute examination, and for that reason are not fit to be brought before & jury, it is common to refer the whole case, or some part of it, to the decision… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 38refer — v. (referred, referring) (usu. foll. by to) 1 tr. trace or ascribe (to a person or thing as a cause or source) (referred their success to their popularity). 2 tr. consider as belonging (to a certain date or place or class). 3 tr. send on or… …

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  • 39refer — re·fer ri fər vt, re·ferred; re·fer·ring 1) to regard as coming from or localized in a certain portion of the body or of space <pain of appendicitis may be referred to any region of the abdomen (Encyc. Americana)> 2) to send or direct for… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 40refer to — Synonyms and related words: account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, address to, advert to, advise with, affect, allude to, answer to, appeal to, appertain to, apply to, argue, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, bargain,… …

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