Refer

Definitions: Refer

Refer

Verb

1. Make reference to: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention".

2. Be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk".

3. Think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species".

4. Send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision: "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee".

5. Seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes".

6. Have as a meaning; " `multi-' denotes `many' ".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "refer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Language

Law

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Refer

Advice

Confer, consult, refer to, call in; take advice, follow advice; be advised by, have at one's elbow, take one's cue from.

Attribution

Verb: attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.

Class

Reckon among, enumerate among, number among; refer to; place with, arrange with, place under; take into account.

Evidence

Adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses.

Relation

Verb: be related; Adjective: have a relation; Noun: relate to, refer to; bear upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with; pertain to, belong to, appertain to; answer to; interest.

Crosswords: Refer

Latin (allege, announce, give back, pay back, recite, renew, reply, report, return, to recount).

I'll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Please, listen, now, if you're going to refer to that alleged conversation with Sally Aiken, you can't print that it took place in her apartment. (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward)

But don't you ever refer to me as your girl again. (Nine to Five; writing credit: Colin Higgins)

Lassie, in response to the bestiality rumors circulating about you, I have decided to forgo calling you by the usual girl's name, and instead I am going to refer to you as whatever famous dog I can think of. I have gone with Lassie because of course it satisfies the criteria of being both a girl's and a dog's name, thus helping you to ease into the transition (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

I should think that if people were to get the wrong impression of me, the one to which you so eloquently refer, it wouldn't be the wrong impression in the slightest. (Velvet Goldmine; writing credit: James Lyons; Todd Haynes)

To confuse the issue I refer ("Hook"; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

I read in rap pages they refer to me as soft ("Freakin It"; performing artist: Will Smith)

You work for a defense contractor if you refer to your marriage as a "teaming" arrangement. (references; author: unknown)

You are an engineer if the thought that a CD could refer to finance or music never enters your mind. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Analogical Possibilities: How Words Refer to God (American Academy of Religion Academy, No 81) (reference)

• ASP - Active Server Pages 3.0 - Iniciacion y Refer (reference)

• Electronic Circuits Manual: Over 3,100 Modern Electronic Circuits, Complete With Values of All Parts, Organized in 99 Logical Chapters for Quick refer (reference)

• New Singing Theatre - Refer to OUP ISBN (reference)

• The Clergyman and the Psychiatrist--When to Refer (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Refer (reference)

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High Tech

• Targus Padded Laptop Carrying Case (OCN1) - dupe, refer to B00004Z6N0 (reference)

• WINTV PVR USB MPEG2 FM STEREO - dupe, refer to B00007FGZL (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaks to another ship via electric megaphone (or "loud hailer") from the bridge of his flagship, USS Phoenix (CL-46), during the pre-landing bombardment of Corregidor, 15 February 1945. The original caption identifies the ship being spoken to as HMAS Australia, which was not present. It may refer to HMAS Shropshire, whose appearance was similar to that of Australia.Credit: NAVY.

Daughter and son of tenant farmer living near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Refer to general caption number 20.Credit: Library of Congress.

Barnyard of tenant farmer near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Refer to general caption number 20.Credit: Library of Congress.

Carpenter, his wife and daughter eating supper in front of their tent-home. Mission Valley, California, about three miles from San Diego. Refer to caption 38175-D.Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Arthur Brown and children. Refer to caption #42624-D.Credit: Library of Congress.

John D. Ferguson and son. Java, Virginia. Near Chatham off Route 57, Pittsylvania County. Refer to caption 52087-D.Credit: Library of Congress.

John D. Ferguson and son. Java, Virginia. Near Chatham off Route 57, Pittsylvania County. Refer to caption 52087-D.Credit: Library of Congress.

I do not refer to myself as a housewife for the reason that I did not marry a house.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

And if we shall not have corrected the transgression (or, in the event of our being out of the realm, if our justiciar shall not have corrected it) within forty days, reckoning from the time it has been intimated to us (or to our justiciar, if we should be out of the realm), the four barons aforesaid shall refer that matter to the rest of the five and twenty barons, and those five and twenty barons shall, together with the community of the whole realm, distrain and distress us in all possible ways, namely, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, and in any other way they can, until redress has been obtained as they deem fit, saving harmless our own person, and the persons of our queen and children; and when redress has been obtained, they shall resume their old relations towards us. (reference)

They had been accustomed in their childhood to follow his direction, and to refer their little differences to him, and when they were men, who fitter to rule them? Their little properties, and less covetousness, seldom afforded greater controversies; and when any should arise, where could they have a fitter umpire than he, by whose care they had every one been sustained and brought up, and who had a tenderness for them aII? It is no wonder that they made no distinction betwixt minority and full age; nor looked after one and twenty, or any other age that might make them the free disposers of themselves and fortunes, when they could have no desire to be out of their pupilage: the government they had been under, during it, continued still to be more their protection than restraint; and they could no where find a greater security to their peace, liberties, and fortunes, than in the rule of a father. (Second Treatise of Government)

We do not here refer to that literature which, in every great modern revolution, has always given voice to the demands of the proletariat, such as the writings of Babeuf and others. (reference)

The Council may in any case under this Article refer the dispute to the Assembly. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

For my temptation to think it a right, I refer every caviller to a brick house, sashed windows below, and casements above, in Highbury.

Here the speaker sat down in his place, And directed the Judge to refer to his notes And briefly to sum up the case.

I refer to the degraded poor, not now to the degraded rich.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

People sometimes refer to it as spinal meningitis. (references)

The word bowel can refer to the large and small intestines. (references)

The dentist may refer you to a periodontist, a specialist who treats gum diseases. (references)

Business

They also refer to the experience of the referenced users. (references)

The in-house doctor will refer cases to appropriate hospitals for further treatment. (references)

The agreement of the parties to a dispute to refer it to arbitration is recognized and made enforceable. (references)

Children

Peru

When these offices cannot resolve cases, officials typically refer them to the local prosecutors' offices of the Public Ministry. (references)

Bahamas

The police refer reported cases of sexual and physical abuse to the Department of Social Services, which investigates them and can bring criminal charges against perpetrators. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iraq

In the north, Kurdish groups often refer to Assyrians as Kurdish Christians. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

Data refer to temperate sawn hardwood only. (references)

Chad

These figures refer to Chad's largest export industry. (references)

New Zealand

New Zealanders colloquially refer to themselves as "Kiwis," after the country' native bird. (references)

Human Rights

Egypt

In 1993 the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that the President may invoke the Emergency Law to refer any crime to a military court. (references)

United Kingdom

Crown Court convictions may be appealed to the Court of Appeal, which may in turn refer cases involving points of law to the House of Lords. (references)

Colombia

As in the previous year, the office continued to refer all cases involving human rights violations to the Prosecutor General for criminal investigation. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Specialized labor courts adjudicate standard labor disputes; however, the Ministry of Labor has the authority to refer a dispute to compulsory arbitration. (references)

Iraq

Hussein and his Government continued to refer to an October 1995 non-democratic "referendum" on his presidency, in which he received 99.96 percent of the vote. (references)

NIGERIA

The act allows the government in its discretion to refer the matter to a labor conciliator, arbitration panel, board of inquiry, or the National Industrial Court. (references)

Trade

Egypt

Importers and suppliers should refer to Ministerial Decree No. 411 of 1997 issued by the Ministry of Health. (references)

Egypt

In the absence of an Egyptian or international standard, authorities often will refer to the Analysis Certificate accompanying the product. (references)

Japan

If an inquiry is too specific for the Association to answer, it will refer the inquiry to the appropriate Japanese industry organization for a response. (references)

Travel

Colombia

U.S. citizens can refer to the Department of State's pamphlet, A Safe Trip Abroad, for ways to promote a more trouble-free journey. (references)

Ecuador

For information on international adoption of children and international parental child abduction, please refer to the Department of State's Internet site at http://travel.state.gov/children's_issues.html or telephone (202) 736-7000. (references)

Latvia

CHILDREN'S ISSUES: For information on international adoption of children and international parental child abduction, please refer to our Internet site at http://travel.state.gov/children's_issues.html or telephone at (202) 736-7000. (references)

Worker Rights

Czech Republic

The Government does not provide direct assistance to victims, but does refer them to NGO's that provide assistance. (references)

Vanuatu

However, unions and management generally reach agreement on wages without having to refer the matter to arbitration. (references)

Malaysia

If conciliation fails to achieve settlement, the Minister has the power to refer the dispute to the Industrial Court. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "refer": refer a request to smb. ♦ refer back ♦ refer everything to self ♦ refer into ♦ refer smth. back to smb. ♦ refer to ♦ refer to a dictionary ♦ refer to a document ♦ refer to drawer ♦ refer to smb. by name ♦ refer to smth. by name ♦ To refer one's self ♦ you must refer to the original!. Additional references.

Beginning with "refer": refer-to-box.

Ending with "refer": co-refer, cross-refer.

Albanian

referoj, referohem (advert, consult, mention, notice, with reference to), them (be good at, begin to play, begin to sing, break into a song, call, give voice to, go, impart, know, name, say, speak, talk, tell), përmend (adduce, cite, make mention, mention, name, note, notice, point out, quote), përcjell (accompany, conduct, escort, give, see off, walk), konsultoj (consult), kam lidhje (communicate, concern, correlate), jap për konsiderim, ia kaloj (anticipate, distance, do, fare, hand down, outclass, outdo, outrange, outrank, outrun, outstrip, overbalance, overmatch, overshoot, surpass, turn over), hedh fjalën (allude, hint, hint at, insinuate), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, bend, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, command, con, conduct, direct, drive, funnel, govern, guide, head, keep, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, rectify, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector), drejtohem (accost, call on, destine, move, resort, straighten, strike out, wend, wend one's way), dërgoj (cable, consign, delegate, deliver, despatch, detach, direct, dispatch, relegate, send, send off, set forth, set off, transmit). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حول (ability, about, alien, around, be cross eyed, bleach, capricious, commit, concerning, deed, deliver, deter, divert, encode, hand down, hand over, make, metamorphose, power, process, redress, relocate, round, stop, switch, transfer, transmute, transpose, turn, whimsical, withdraw, work, year), ‏حال للمعالجة, ‏تحدث الى, ‏عزا (assign, attribute, impute), ‏إحال, ‏إستشار (advice, consult, counsel, search), ‏أشار (advert, allude, beckon, beckon in, connote, denote, designate, indicate, mark, mark out, mention, motion, point, point at, point out, read, record, reference, show, sign, signalize, suggest), ‏رجع الى. (various references)

Bulgarian 

скъсвам (break, fail, plough, pluck, rend, rip down, rip open, rupture, sever, snap, strand, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out, wear out), справям се (acquit oneself, cope, do well, get along, get through, hold one's own, hold up, manage, shift, shift for oneself, tackle), споменавам (advert, allude, make reference to, mention, suggest), отнасям се (appertain, apply, pertain, regard), отпращам (ask for leave, dismiss, kiss off, pack off, send away, send off, send packing, turn, turn away), отдавам (attach, devote, give, impute, pay, render, set down, spend), обяснявам (account, explain, explicate, illuminate, impute, interpret, justify, set forth, set out, tell, translate, unravel), насочвам вниманието, насочвам (aim, bring round, fasten, guide, launch, lay, level, point at, present, ride at, set, set on, shape, sight, steer), засягам (advert, affect, afflict, apply, bruise, concern, effect, hit, hurt, import, offend, pique, regard, tell, touch, treat of), апелирам (appeal), привличам вниманието, приписвам (accredit, assign, attach, credit, impute, lay, set down), позовавам се (advert, allude, go by, rely), имам предвид (allude, bear in mind, consider, consult, discount, envisage, intend, mean, think of). (various references)

Chinese 

提到 (Referred, Referring). (various references)

Czech

referovat (cover, report), upozornit (call, point out, warn), svìřit (commit, consign, entrust, leave, vest), poukázat (turn over), postoupit (concede, get through, hand over), přednést (execute, perform, report, state), předat (bequeath, convey, hand down, hand over, impart, pass on, transmit), odkázat (bequeath, endow, hand down, turn over), odevzdat (consign, give in, give over, hand in, pay, turn in), narážet. (various references)

Danish

udtrykkeligt henvise til en stat (to refer expressly to a State), konsoliderede konti,der opstilles ved sammenlægning af alle de poster,som ikke angår fordelingstransaktioner mellem delsektorer (consolidated accounts established by summing all the items apart from those which refer to distributive transactions between sub-sectors), henvise begæringen om intervention til Dosmtolen (refer the application to intervene to the Court). (various references)

Dutch

doorverwijzen. (various references)

Farsi 

فرستادن (Dispatch, Forward, Issue, Pack, Send, Ship), منتسب کردن (Relegate), منسوب داشتن , مراجعه کردن (Confer), عطف کردن به , رجوع کردن به , بازگشت دادن . (various references)

Finnish

viitata (allude, beckon, hint, hold up one's hand, indicate, motion, point, point out, suggest), lykätä (adjourn, defer, postpone, push, put off), esittää (deliver, execute, express, extend, give, introduce, introduce to, offer, present, produce, put forward, render, set forth, show, state, tender), alistaa (subject, submit to somebody's decision, subordinate). (various references)

French

référer, renvoyer DEVANT, renvoyer (reflect, remove, return), attribuer � , confier (recommend), consulter (refer smth. back to smb.), déférer, déferer, envoyer (remit), adresser, faire référence (reference), soumettre, se référer, se référer � , se reporter � , s'en remettre, s'en reporter, faire allusion (reference). (various references)

German

verweisen (admonish, expel, rebuke, relegate, remit, reprove, send off, to relegate). (various references)

Greek 

παραπέμπω (commit, refer to, relegate), αναφέρομαι (advert, allude to, pertain, relate). (various references)

Hebrew 

ליחס (attach, attribute, relate), ל�"תיחס (deal, hold true, regard, relate, treat), ל�"זכיר (allude, bring to mind, commemorate, mention, quote, remind, suggest). (various references)

Hungarian

utal (advert, allude, hint, imply, to advert, to denote, to imply, to instance, to refer, to remit), küld (send, sent, to blast, to direct, to expedite, to railroad, to remit, to send, to wireless, transmit), hivatkozik (advert, to adduce, to advert, to instance, to plead the baby act, to quote, to refer), besorol (classify, enrol, enroll, list, number, rank, to classify, to list, to number, to range, to rank). (various references)

Indonesian

menunjukkan (exhibit, indicate), menghubungi, mengacukan (point at with, threaten), mengacu (point). (various references)

Italian

riportare (bring again, bring back, carry, get, go back, quote, receive, report, retrieve, take again, take back, to carry), rinviare (adjourn, defer, hold over, lay by, postpone, put back, put off, recommit, return, send back, throw back), rimandare (adjourn, bandy, delay, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, send again, send back, shelve), riguardare (affect, apply, concern, examine, look at, pertain, regard, touch), riferirsi (appertain, pertain, relate), riferire (attribute, concern, connect, make reference, relate, report, tell), richiamare (advertence, appeal, attract, call, call again, call back, callback, phone back, recall, retrieve, ring back), sottoporre (subject, submit, undergo), indirizzare (address, address oneself, aim, apply, direct, direct one's steps towards, steer), fare riferimento, deferire (farm out), attribuire (arrogate, ascribe, assign, attach, attribute, award, credit, grant, impute), ascrivere (ascribe, attribute, enter the name), alludere (allude, hint). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

聞き合せる (to make inquiries, to refer to), 説き及ぶ (to mention, to refer to, to touch upon), 謙称 (refer to modestly), 謀る (to attempt, to deceive, to design, to devise, to plan, to plot, to refer A to B, to take in), 言い及ぶ (to mention, to refer to), 馬齢 (humble term for refer to one's own age), 笑納 (humble term used to refer to another's acceptance of one's present), 検索 (lookup, refer to, retrieve), 差し戻す (to refer back, to send back), 口にする (to eat, to refer to, to speak of, to taste), 付託 (committing to, refer to, submit to), 付 (affix, append, giving to, refer to, submitting to), 図る (to attempt, to deceive, to design, to devise, to plan, to plot, to refer A to B, to take in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たばかる (to attempt, to deceive, to design, to devise, to plan, to plot, to refer A to B, to take in), ききあわせる (to make inquiries, to refer to), しょうのう (camphor, cerebellum, humble term used to refer to another's acceptance of one's present, small farmer), くちにする (to eat, to refer to, to speak of, to taste), さしもどす (to refer back, to send back), ふたく (chargingwith responsibility, committing to, refer to, referring or submitting to a committee, submit to), ふ (affix, append, captive, generally, giving to, instructor, minus, music, negative, negative prefix, non, note, pawn, prisoner, refer to, score, slave, submitting to, tutor, un, victim, widely), ばれい (humble term for refer to one's own age), いいおよぶ (to mention, to refer to), け�"しょう (charter, displaying, energy, epaulet, epaulette, good health, honouring, inspection, manifesting, offering prizes, pep, refer to modestly, revealing or demonstrating the truth, reward, sheath of tendon, shoulder strap, spirit, verification, winning), け�"さく (grinding, lookup, making a plan, proposal, recommendation, refer to, retrieve, suggestion), はかる (to attempt, to confer, to consult with, to deceive, to design, to devise, to measure, to plan, to plot, to refer A to B, to survey, to take in, to time, to weigh), ときおよぶ (to mention, to refer to, to touch upon). (various references)

Korean 

언급하십시�". (various references)

Manx

cur sheese da (ascription, impute). (various references)

Pig Latin

eferray

Portuguese

remeter (deliver, forward, mail, remit, send, transmit), referir (account, attach, attribute, give an account, point, quote, recur, relate, report, state, tautologize, tell), localizar (allocate, localise, localize, locate, position of influence, situate, track), enviar (commit, consign, despatch, dispatch, forward, Frankfurter, mail, send, send off, to send, transmit), encaminhar (guide, manage, route, steer), dirigir (conduct, control, direct, dominate, drive, give over, govern, guide, head, helm, lead, manage, Marshal, oversee, pilot, preside, restrain, rule, steer, superintend, supervise, throw), classificar (assort, catalog, catalogue, categorize, class, classify, docket, grade, group of children, index finger, label, letter, pigeonhole, range, rank, rate, size, sort, staple, subsume, tabulate), atribuir (accredit, allot, ascribe, assign, attach, attribute, imtimidate, put, put on, to allot). (various references)

Romanian

raporta (relate, report, return, yield), trimite (direct, dispatch, expedite, forward, march away, march out, remit, send, ship, transmit), transmite (assign, bestow, carry, circulate, communicate, confer, consign to, convey, deliver, deliver over, demise, devolve, give, hand, pass, perpetuate, record, remit, render, send, transfer, transfuse, transmit), deferi, atribui (accredit, allot, assign, attach, attribute, impute), amâna (adjourn, continue, dally, delay, drive, hang up, hold over, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, protract, put by, put off, reprieve, shunt, stay), adresa (address, consign to, direct, express, forward), îndruma (coach, direct, govern, lead, set, shape), înainta (advance, enter, forward, gain, get on, go onward, make head, march on, move, prefer, present, progress, promote, remit, send, submit). (various references)

Russian 

отсылать (drive away, referred, relegate, remand, send off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uputiti (direct, funnel, initiate, send), odnositi se (appertain, pertain), obratiti se (address, address oneself to smth.). (various references)

Spanish

remitir (despatch, dispatch, refer back, remit), relacionar (bracket, link, link together, link up, relate, tie in), referir (narrate, recite, recount, require), atribuir (affiliate, affix, ascribe, assign, attribute, get, impute, lay, put down). (various references)

Swedish

remittera (remit), hänskjuta (relegate). (various references)

Thai

อ้างอิง. (various references)

Turkish

yararlanmak (avail oneself of smth., benefit, capitalize, enjoy, impose, make use of, parlay, pass over, pass up, practice on, practice upon, practise on, practise upon, profit, profit by, put account, rejoice in, take advantage of, turn to account, use, utilize), sevketmek (carry, consign, dispatch, forward, guide, propel, quarterback, route, send, urge), kastetmek (aim, aim at, allude, design, drive at, imply, intend, mean, purpose), ima etmek (adumbrate, allude to, give smb. to understand, hint at, imply, import, insinuate, intimate, mention, shadow forth, shadow out, sign, suggest), ilgili olmak (appertain, apply, be interested in, be pertinent to, belong, bound up with, come to, connect, pertain, regard, relate), göndermek (address, bundle off, conjure away, consign, dispatch, expedite, forward, freight, order away, relegate, remit, route, send, send away, send forth, send off, send out, ship, ship off, transmit), değinmek (advert, deal, speak to, touch on, touch upon), bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, deem, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch), bahsetmek (advert, chew over, cite, discourse, make mention of, make noises, mention, slip in, speak of, talk about, talk on, talk over, talk round), başvurmak (appeal, apply, approach, call on, call upon, consult, fall back on, fall back upon, have recourse to, look to, make an application, put in, put in for, resort, resort to, turn to), atfetmek (accredit, arrogate, ascribe, attribute, direct, impute, inscribe, set down), ait saymak, ait olmak (appertain, belong to, cocern, pertain, regard, relate, reside). (various references)

Turkmen 

salgylanmak (cite, refer to). (various references)

Ukranian 

звертатися (accost, address, apostrophize, approach, call on, refer back), приписувати (accredit, allege, appoint, arrogate, ascribe, assign, attach, attribute, credit, credit with, enjoin, foist, ordain, prescribe), посилатися (allude, appeal, cite, mention, quote), посилати (address, delegate, dispatch, forward, order, send, send for). (various references)

Welsh

cyfeirio (address, allude, direct, point). (various references)

defero, refero, refero retuli relatum, refero, retuli, relatum, retuli, revoco, verto in prosperum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "refer": referable, referee, refereed, refereeing, referees, reference, referenced, references, referencing, referenda, referendum, referendums, referent, referential, referentialities, referentiality, referentially, referents, referral, referrals, referred, referrer, referrers, referring, refers. (additional references)

Words ending with "refer": misrefer, prefer. (additional references)

Words containing "refer": misreference, misreferences, misreferred, misreferring, misrefers, nonpreferential, preferabilities, preferability, preferable, preferably, preference, preferences, preferential, preferentially, preferment, preferments, preferred, preferrer, preferrers, preferring, prefers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Refer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arfer, effer, hefer, pefer, rafa, rafer, rafvr, raifer, rarfer, Reber, reder, reefar, reefe, reeft, reeker, reer, refab, refah, refan, refe, refear, refed, refee, refem, referb, referd, refere, referr, refery, refex, reffer, reffery, refia, refig, Refik, refir, refirm, refort, refr, refree, Refurb, reler, reneer, rener, reter, rever, Reyero, Rieber, rifar, Riffert, rifier, riker, rinfer, roffer, rolfer, rufa, Rufer, rvfa, Treffer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: freer, frere.

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