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Overview of verb refer

      »   The verb refer has 6 meanings (first 6 from tagged texts)

• mention, Advert1.) Ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert -- (a public promotion of some product or service)
  
  1.) Attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear -- (give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said")
  
  advert, bring up, Cite1.) Citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation -- (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases")
  
  1.) Mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer -- (make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention")
  
  cite, name, refer -- (Make1.) Brand, make -- (a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?")
  
  2.) Shuffle, shuffling, make -- (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)
  
  make reference to; "His Name1.) Name -- (a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing")
  
  2.) Name -- (by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law")
  
  name was Mentioned1.) Mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer -- (make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention")
  
  2.) Note, observe, mention, remark -- (make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing")
  
  mentioned in Connection1.) Connection, connexion, connectedness -- (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare")
  
  2.) Connection, link, connectedness -- (the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable")
  
  connection with the invention")

• refer, Pertain1.) Refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")
  
  2.) Pertain, appertain -- (be a part or attribute of)
  
  pertain, relate, Concern1.) Concern -- (something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern")
  
  2.) Concern, care, fear -- (an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction")
  
  concern, come to, Bear1.) Bear -- (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)
  
  2.) Bear -- (an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price)
  
  bear on, Touch1.) Touch, touching -- (the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air")
  
  2.) Touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses -- (the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands); "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us")
  
  touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be Relevant1.) Relevant -- (having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research")
  
  relevant to; "There were Lots1.) Tons, dozens, heaps, lots, mountain, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings -- (a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers")
  
  1.) Batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew -- ((often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty")
  
  lots of Questions1.) Question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation -- (an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present")
  
  2.) Question, head -- (the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets")
  
  questions referring to her talk"; "My Remark1.) Remark, comment -- (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account")
  
  2.) Remark -- (explicit notice; "it passed without remark")
  
  remark pertained to your Earlier1.) Earlier, earliest -- ((comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera")
  
  1.) Early -- (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties")
  
  earlier comments")

• refer -- (Think1.) Think -- (an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think")
  
  1.) Think, believe, consider, conceive -- (judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior")
  
  think of, Regard1.) Respect, regard -- ((usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect")
  
  2.) Attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention -- (paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences")
  
  regard, or Classify1.) Classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate -- (arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?")
  
  2.) Classify -- (declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents")
  
  classify under a Subsuming1.) Subsume -- (contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one")
  
  2.) Subsume, colligate -- (consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle)
  
  subsuming principle or with a General1.) General, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
  
  2.) General, superior general -- (the head of a religious order or congregation)
  
  general group or in Relation1.) Relation -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
  
  2.) Sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge -- (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
  
  relation to Another1.) Another, some other -- (any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day")
  
  another; "This Plant1.) Plant, works, industrial plant -- (buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles")
  
  2.) Plant, flora, plant life -- (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
  
  plant can be Referred1.) Mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer -- (make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention")
  
  2.) Refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")
  
  referred to a Known1.) Know, cognize, cognise -- (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time")
  
  2.) Know -- (know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?")
  
  known species")

• refer -- (Send1.) Send, direct -- (cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation")
  
  2.) Send, send out -- (to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept")
  
  send or Direct1.) Direct -- (command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework")
  
  2.) Target, aim, place, direct, point -- (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself")
  
  direct for Treatment1.) Treatment -- (care by procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
  
  2.) Treatment, handling -- (the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system")
  
  treatment, information, or a Decision1.) Decision, determination, conclusion -- (a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination")
  
  2.) Decision, determination, conclusion -- (the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly")
  
  decision; "refer a Patient1.) Patient -- (a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly")
  
  2.) Affected role, patient role, patient -- (the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause)
  
  patient to a specialist"; "refer a Bill1.) Bill, measure -- (a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill")
  
  2.) Bill, account, invoice -- (an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe")
  
  bill to a committee")

• consult, refer, Look1.) Expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face -- (the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face")
  
  2.) Look, looking, looking at -- (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him")
  
  look up -- (Seek1.) Seek -- (the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk)
  
  1.) Seek -- (try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness")
  
  seek information from; "You should Consult1.) Consult, confer with -- (get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision")
  
  2.) Consult, refer, look up -- (seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes")
  
  consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes")

• denote, refer -- (have as a Meaning1.) Meaning, significance, signification, import -- (the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous")
  
  2.) Meaning, substance -- (the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?")
  
  meaning; "`multi-' Denotes1.) Denote -- (be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed")
  
  2.) Denote, refer -- (have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' ")
  
  denotes `many' ")