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UK
/ɹɪfˈɜː/
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[ US /ɹəˈfɝ, ɹɪˈfɝ/ ]
[ US /ɹəˈfɝ, ɹɪˈfɝ/ ]
VERB
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seek information from
You should consult the dictionary
refer to your notes -
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
This plant can be referred to a known species -
use a name to designate
Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary -
make reference to
His name was mentioned in connection with the invention -
have as a meaning
`multi-' denotes `many' -
be relevant to
There were lots of questions referring to her talk
My remark pertained to your earlier comments -
send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
refer a patient to a specialist
refer a bill to a committee
How To Use refer In A Sentence
- She was carrying her overnight case and a basket of dried flowers-statice, strawflower, and immortelle in the pastel colors referred to in seed catalogues as "art shades": fawn, apricot, mauve, and pale yellow. Incubus
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- Which of them will prefer football and which the ant nest, we'll have to wait and see.
- Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.
- A bit of background about me - I do hardware, firmware, and driver development by profession, so I think I'm qualified to provide a guess as to what and where it went wrong: for any computer, there's the initial "bootloader," which is what we commonly refer to as Discussions: Message List - root
- Lee's debut on the Xbox does not resemble a dragon, but prefers to plod along like a sloth, short on all the crucial fronts, lazily bumbling along everywhere else.
- The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. †These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer
- Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
- Both names are unobjectionable, but as the term Caddo has priority by a few pages preference is given to it. Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891
- I prefer men to women.
