verb🔗ShareTo direct the attention of."If you have a problem with your computer, the help desk will referred you to a specialist. "communicationdirectionactionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere."The teacher referred the student to the school counselor for help with his anxiety. "communicationactionprocessorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."The doctor referred my headache to stress, not a serious illness. "mindlanguagecommunicationphilosophysciencetheorylogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to."The teacher referred to a famous study in her lecture about psychology. "languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence."In the sentence, "The student said that she was tired, but the teacher didn't believe her," the pronoun "she" referred to the student. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo address a specific location in computer memory."The program referred to that memory address to retrieve the student's grade. "computingtechnologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRequired to resit an examination."Because John failed the final exam, he was referred in math and needs to take it again next month. "educationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading