refer

Meaning

1. To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
2. To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
3. 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.
4. To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
5. To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
6. To be referential to another element in a sentence.
7. To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object.
8. To require to resit an examination.
9. To have the meaning of, to denote.

have-to doe with

illustrate

refer to

equivalent to

relevant to

have implications

have meanings

re-state

show an example

mail out

stage direct

back-folding

allege

draw rein

Frequency

Hyphenated as

re‧fer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈfɜː/

From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre. The noun (used in journalism) is from the verb.

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