Sekirov Dictionary

refer

UK /ɹɪˈfɜː/US /ɹɪˈfɝ/

verb 11
/ˈɹifɚ/ noun 1
forms 5

verb11

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to mention someone or something in speech or writing, or to turn attention toward them
- To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.
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To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
- The recipe referred to several unusual ingredients.
To be referential to another element in a sentence.
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To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object.
- In C, the pointer obtained by &a refers to the variable a.
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To have the meaning of, to denote.
- The nickname "Big Apple" refers to the city of New York.
- In programming, a "memory leak" refers to a situation where memory is or stays unnecessarily allocated.
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To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
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To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
- He referred the matter to the principal.
- The doctor may refer patients to a psychiatrist.
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To cause (pain) to be felt elsewhere.
- Inferior head refers pain to the TMJ area and the superior head refers pain to the zygomatic area. — 2021
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To apparently relocate; to be felt in another place than where it is actually caused.
- Pain from the hip often refers to the knee. — 2007
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To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
- He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
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To require to resit an examination.
- Smith's marks in the finals were unsatisfactory and he was referred.

refer

UK /ˈɹiːfə/US /ˈɹifɚ/

noun1

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A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its slug or headline and its page number.
- Looking at the refers on page 2, it's obvious that May became something of an accidental women's issue. — 2017

forms

referred · referring · referreth · refers · referrest

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