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Definisjon av refer

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Verb
refer - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, center on, revolve around, center center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
go for, apply, hold ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
regard, affect, involve look at attentively
matter to, interest be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!"
refer - send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"
send, direct transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
subject, submit make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
recommit send back to a committee; "The bill was recommitted three times in the House"
refer - 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"
class, assort, sort, classify, sort out, separate arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
refer - use a name to designate; "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary"
name, call mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
refer - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
mention, advert, bring up, cite, name
have in mind, think of, mean look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
commend, remember express approval of
speak of the devil mention someone's name who just then appears
remember recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
quote, cite put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
touch on refer to or discuss briefly
invoke, appeal cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
namedrop refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them
bring up, raise cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
drag up, dredge up mention something unpleasant from the past; "Drag up old stories"
cross-refer refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists
refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
denote
signify, intend, stand for, mean convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
twist around, convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
euphemise, euphemize refer to something with a euphemism
hark back, come back, recall, return go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
identify, name consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
apply ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
slur utter indistinctly
state, express express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
refer - seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes"
consult, look up
research inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
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Verb
refer - To direct the attention of.
refer - To submit to another person or group for consideration.

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  • REFER, Rede Ferroviária Nacional, EPE is the Portuguese rail infrastructure manager, since 1997. It is a state-owned company and was created to manage the Portuguese rail infrastructure, previously under control of CP, which became exclusively a train service operator.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • refer
    To refer briefly to; to make reference to.
  • refer
    To be relevant or of importance to.
  • refer
    To direct the attention of; to send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) refer
  • Presens: refer / refers
  • Preteritum: referred
  • Perfektum: (have) referred

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