Canadian English Meaning of refer
Refer
Other Canadian English words related to Refer
Nearest Words of refer
- referable => referable
- referee => Referee
- refereeing => refereeing
- reference => reference
- reference book => Reference book
- reference frame => Frame of reference
- reference grid => reference grid
- reference manual => Reference manual
- reference point => reference point
- reference system => reference system
Definitions and Meaning of refer in English
refer (v)
make reference to
be relevant to
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
seek information from
have as a meaning
use a name to designate
refer (v. t.)
To carry or send back.
Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.
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; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
refer (v. i.)
To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.
To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.
To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.
To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.
FAQs About the word refer
Refer
make reference to, be relevant to, think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another, send or direct f
apply,Pertain,relate,affect,appertain,associate,bear,concern,connect,Couple
No antonyms found.
refel => reflex, refectory table => Refectory table, refectory => Refectory, refectories => dining halls, refective => reflective,
