Meaning

11 senses
  1. (transitive)To direct the attention of (someone toward something).

    The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.

    verweisen

    ссыла́тьсяssylátʹsja, сосла́тьсяsoslátʹsja, относи́тьotnosítʹ

    посила́тисяposylátysja, посла́тисяposlátysja

  2. (transitive)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.

    send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision

  3. (transitive)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.

  4. (intransitive)To mention (something); to direct attention (to something).

    To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.

  5. (intransitive, stative)To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.

    The recipe referred to several unusual ingredients.

    sich auf etwas beziehen

    make reference to

  6. To be referential to another element in a sentence.

  7. (intransitive)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.

  8. (transitive)To require to resit an examination.

    Smith's marks in the finals were unsatisfactory and he was referred.

  9. (intransitive)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.

    have as a meaning

  10. (transitive)To cause (pain) to be felt elsewhere.

  11. To apparently relocate; to be felt in another place than where it is actually caused.

Examples

339 sentences
  1. Are you referring to me?

    Ви маєте на увазі мене?

    ruТы обращаешься ко мне?

    deBeziehst du dich auf mich?

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  2. Who are you referring to?

    Кого ви маєте на увазі?

    ruКого вы имеете в виду?

    deAuf wen beziehst du dich?

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  3. I assume you're referring to Tom.

    ruПолагаю, вы имеете в виду Тома.

    deDu beziehst dich vermutlich auf Tom.

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  4. Which one are you referring to?

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  5. Don't refer to this matter again, please.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to direct to a source for help or information:
Русский
By meaning 1
to direct to a source for help or information:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to direct to a source for help or information:
to allude to:

Origin

From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre. The noun (used

From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre. The noun (used in journalism) is from the verb. Doublet of relate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

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Forms

refers, referring, referred, referred
Base formrefer · to refer
3rd person singularrefers
Present participlereferring
Past simplereferred
Past participlereferred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrefer
he, she, itrefers

Past simpleLesson

all personsreferred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave referred
he, she, ithas referred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill refer

Synonyms

19 synonyms

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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