to refer

Examples

• All

• Related questions under this category refer to those that require librarians' personal knowledge to answer.

  Academic text (2011)

• If I can figure out what these numbers refer to...

  Waterworld (1995)

• Does it refer to the final result?

  Lex Fridman

• In science we refer to this movement as gene flow.

• What are people talking about when they refer to the unconscious mind?

• In its common usage, literacy refers to the ability to read, write, communicate, and understand language.

  Academic text (2011)

• Of the four elements, three refer to family-related matters and only one comes from an exogenous source.

  Academic text (2008)

• The minister speaks of love's responsibilities, and the rabbi refers to the linking of generations and future generations.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Similarly, we will refer to educational goal attainment as a synonym for student success.

  Academic text (2011)

• In science, we refer to this phenomenon as photosynthesis.

Synonyms

H

to have to do with

vsto refer

709 2.7

To be about something or connected to it

is more neutral and precise used in formal or general statements

C

to concern

vsto refer

512 2.1

To be about someone or something

is about a topic or subject rather than focusing on who is affected

R

to relate

vsto refer

317 2.2

To be connected or important to something

is a direct statement about something rather than an associative link

P

to pertain

vsto refer

108 4.6

To be about or connected with something

is about something in a general way rather than applying formally

B

to bear on

vsto refer

31 5.1

To be connected with or affect something

is limited to being about a topic rather than implying direct influence

How Relevant

to focus on

∞ 2.0

to refer

103 3.0

to touch on

3 4.0

Surface Forms

Etymology