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01. Once she had forgiven her husband for cheating on her, she never [referred] to the incident again.
02. Do you mind if I use you as a [reference] when I apply for a job at the company where you work?
03. You need a [referral] from your doctor in order to receive massage therapy treatments.
04. When I said that there were a lot of stupid people at the party, I certainly wasn't [referring] to you.
05. The lecturer spoke for over two hours, and only [referred] to his notes once or twice.
06. I hate it when my husband [refers] to me as his old lady.
07. Benoit always [refers] to his climbing expedition in the Rockies as the most exciting experience of his life.
08. Albert Einstein once said that as far as the laws of mathematics [refer] to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not [refer] to reality.
09. People have a tendency to evaluate other cultures in [reference] to their own presumably superior culture.
10. The beluga whale is often [referred] to as the "sea canary" because of the birdlike sounds it makes.
11. The age recorded on a whiskey bottle [refers] to the number of years it is aged before being bottled.
12. Voltaire considered Shakespeare's works so bad that he [referred] to him as "that drunken fool."
13. If you have to [refer] to a dictionary too often when reading in a second language, you will quickly get tired and confused.
14. When a Somali [refers] to a brother or sister, this term can include distant relatives as well as actual siblings.
15. The name "Tahiti" is often used to [refer] to both the island of Tahiti, and the whole of the area of French Polynesia.
16. Make sure that you note the author and publication of any [references] you use in your essay.
17. The most common [references] used for writing a speech are probably a simple dictionary and a thesaurus.

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  • refer — re‧fer [rɪˈfɜː ǁ ɜːr] verb referred PTandPPX referring PRESPARTX refer to phrasal verb [transitive] 1. refer to something to mention something: • I refer to your letter of 22 March …   Financial and business terms

  • refer — ► VERB (referred, referring) 1) (refer to) mention or allude to. 2) (refer to) direct the attention of (someone) to. 3) (refer to) (of a word or phrase) describe or denote. 4) ( …   English terms dictionary

  • refer — 1 assign, credit, accredit, *ascribe, attribute, impute, charge Analogous words: associate, relate, connect (see JOIN): *direct, aim, point, lay 2 *resort, apply, go, turn Analogous words: consult, *c …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Refer — Re*fer , v. i. 1. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one s self; as, to refer to a dictionary. [1913 Webster] In suits . . . it is to refer to some friend of trust. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To have relation or reference; to relate;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Refer — Re*fer (r[ e]*f[ e]r ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Referred} (r[ e]*f[ e]rd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Referring}.] [F. r[ e]f[ e]rer, L. referre; pref. re re + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to carry.] 1. To carry or send back. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • refer to — (of a word or phrase) describe or denote. → refer refer to consult (a source of information). → refer refer to mention or allude to. → refer …   English new terms dictionary

  • refer — [v1] mention accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, direct attention, excerpt, exemplify, extract, give as example, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance,… …   New thesaurus

  • refer — [ri fʉr′] vt. referred, referring [ME referren < MFr referer < L referre < re , back + ferre, to BEAR1] 1. to assign or attribute (to) as cause or origin 2. to assign, or regard or name as belonging (to a kind, class, date, etc.) 3. to… …   English World dictionary

  • Refer — can mean:*To refer a patient is to transfer their care from one clinician to another *Refer (software), the troff preprocessor for citationsOther*Reference *Reefer …   Wikipedia

  • refer — re·fer /ri fər/ vt re·ferred, re·fer·ring: to send or direct for treatment, aid, service, information, or decision referred the debtor to an attorney with expertise in bankruptcy; specif: commit (1c) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

  • refer — late 14c., to trace back, attribute, assign, from O.Fr. referer (14c.), from L. referre to relate, refer, lit. to carry back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + ferre carry (see INFER (Cf. infer)). Meaning to commit to some authority for a deci …   Etymology dictionary

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