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Sentences with refer

re·fer
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  • In his speech, he referred to a recent trip to Canada. [VERB + to]
  • Marcia had referred to him as a dear friend. [VERB + to]
  • The common practice of adding back to refer is tautologous, since this meaning is already contained in the re- of refer: this refers to (not back to) what has already been said. However, when refer is used in the sense of passing a document or question for further consideration to the person from whom it was received, it may be appropriate to say he referred the matter back
  • The term electronics refers to electrically-induced action. [VERB + to]
  • Patients are mostly referred to hospital by their general practitioners. [be VERB-ed + to]
  • He could refer the matter to the high court. [VERB noun + to]
  • Now and then I referred a client to him. [VERB noun + to]
  • He referred briefly to his notebook. [VERB + to]
  • Mr Bryan also referred me to a book by the American journalist Anthony Scaduto. [VERB noun + to]
  • The reader is referred to Chomsky, 1965
  • I referred to a dictionary of English usage
  • This song refers to an incident in the Civil War
  • Cromwell referred his victories to God
  • To refer a complaint to another department
  • To refer to an earlier event
  • To refer to a map
  • He referred me to books on astrology.
  • The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote.
  • To refer the argument to arbitration.
  • To refer to one's notes.
  • The author referred to his teachers twice in his article.
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