referring

Verb

refer (third-person singular simple present refers, present participle referring, simple past and past participle referred)

1. (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
   • The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
2. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
   • He referred the matter to the principal.

   Synonyms:

   send

3. (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.
   • He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
4. (intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something).
   • To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.
5. (intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
   • The recipe referred to several unusual ingredients.
6. To be referential to another element in a sentence.

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