refer

refer
refer [v1] mention accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, direct attention, excerpt, exemplify, extract, give as example, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance, interpolate, introduce, invoke, lay, make allusion, make mention of, make reference, name, notice, point, point out, put down to, quote, speak about, speak of, specify, touch on; concept 73 refer [v2] direct, guide commit, consign, deliver, hand in, hand over, introduce, pass on, point, put in touch, recommend, relegate, send, submit, transfer, turn over; concepts 143,187 —Ant. hold back refer [v3] concern, apply answer, appertain, be about, be a matter of, bear upon, be directed to, belong, be relevant, connect, correspond with, cover, deal with, encompass, have a bearing on, have reference, have relation, have to do with, hold, include, incorporate, involve, pertain, point, regard, relate, take in, touch; concept 532 refer [v4] seek information advise, apply, commune, confer, consult, go, have recourse, look up, recur, repair, resort, run, turn, turn to; concepts 72,216

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  • refer — re‧fer [rɪˈfɜː ǁ ɜːr] verb referred PTandPPX referring PRESPARTX refer to phrasal verb [transitive] 1. refer to something to mention something: • I refer to your letter of 22 March …   Financial and business terms

  • refer — ► VERB (referred, referring) 1) (refer to) mention or allude to. 2) (refer to) direct the attention of (someone) to. 3) (refer to) (of a word or phrase) describe or denote. 4) ( …   English terms dictionary

  • refer — 1 assign, credit, accredit, *ascribe, attribute, impute, charge Analogous words: associate, relate, connect (see JOIN): *direct, aim, point, lay 2 *resort, apply, go, turn Analogous words: consult, *c …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Refer — Re*fer , v. i. 1. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one s self; as, to refer to a dictionary. [1913 Webster] In suits . . . it is to refer to some friend of trust. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To have relation or reference; to relate;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Refer — Re*fer (r[ e]*f[ e]r ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Referred} (r[ e]*f[ e]rd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Referring}.] [F. r[ e]f[ e]rer, L. referre; pref. re re + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to carry.] 1. To carry or send back. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • refer to — (of a word or phrase) describe or denote. → refer refer to consult (a source of information). → refer refer to mention or allude to. → refer …   English new terms dictionary

  • refer — [ri fʉr′] vt. referred, referring [ME referren < MFr referer < L referre < re , back + ferre, to BEAR1] 1. to assign or attribute (to) as cause or origin 2. to assign, or regard or name as belonging (to a kind, class, date, etc.) 3. to… …   English World dictionary

  • Refer — can mean:*To refer a patient is to transfer their care from one clinician to another *Refer (software), the troff preprocessor for citationsOther*Reference *Reefer …   Wikipedia

  • refer — re·fer /ri fər/ vt re·ferred, re·fer·ring: to send or direct for treatment, aid, service, information, or decision referred the debtor to an attorney with expertise in bankruptcy; specif: commit (1c) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

  • refer — late 14c., to trace back, attribute, assign, from O.Fr. referer (14c.), from L. referre to relate, refer, lit. to carry back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + ferre carry (see INFER (Cf. infer)). Meaning to commit to some authority for a deci …   Etymology dictionary

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