refer

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Synonyms: defer, reefer, prefer, refel, rever, reger, sefer, reser, refar, reer, reber

Antonyms: defer, reefer, prefer, refel, rever, reger, sefer, reser, refar, reer, reber

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To direct the [[attention]] of (someone toward something).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[submit]] to (another [[person]] or [[group]]) for [[consideration]]; to send or direct elsewhere.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} 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.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[mention]] (something); to direct [[attention]] (to something).
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|stative}} To make [[reference]] to; to be [[about]]; to [[relate]] to; to [[regard]]; to [[allude]] to.
6. {{lb|en|grammar}} To be [[referential]] to another element in a sentence. <!--refer TO??-->
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|programming}} To [[point]] to either a specific [[location]] in computer [[memory]] or to a specific [[object]]. {{+obj|en|:to}}
8. {{lb|en|transitive|education}} To [[require]] to [[resit]] an [[examination]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive|of a term or name}} To have the meaning of, to [[denote]].
10. {{lb|en|medicine|transitive}} To cause (pain) to be felt elsewhere.
11. {{lb|en|medicine|of the sensation of pain}} To apparently relocate; to be felt in another place than where it is actually caused.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|journalism}} A [[blurb]] on the [[front page]] of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its [[slug]] or [[headline]] and its page number.

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