refer

Plural: refers

Verb

Verb Forms: referred, referring, refers

To direct someone to a source for help or information.
make reference to
be relevant to
- "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"
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"
send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
- "refer a patient to a specialist"
- "refer a bill to a committee"
seek information from
- "refer to your notes"
have as a meaning
use a name to designate
- "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary"
To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
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.
To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
To be referential to another element in a sentence.
To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object.
To require to resit an examination.
To have the meaning of, to denote.

Noun

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.

Examples

He referred the matter to the principal.
He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
In C, the pointer obtained by &a refers to the variable a.
In programming, a "memory leak" refers to a situation where memory is or stays unnecessarily allocated.
Smith's marks in the finals were unsatisfactory and he was referred.
The doctor may refer patients to a psychiatrist.
The nickname "Big Apple" refers to the city of New York.
The recipe referred to several unusual ingredients.
The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.
When in doubt about a word, players often refer to an official Scrabble dictionary.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

advert, bear on, bring up, cite, come to, concern, consult, denote, have-to doe with, look up, mention, name, pertain, relate, touch, touch on, delegate, direct, send

Scrabble Score: 8

refer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
refer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
refer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

refer: valid Words With Friends Word