Refer | Mean of refer in English Dictionary

/rɪˈfɚ/

• Verb
• to send (someone or something) to a particular person or place for treatment, help, advice, etc.
1. How can doctors refer patients for treatment without examining them first?
2. Most of the patients we see here were referred by other doctors.
3. My doctor referred me to a specialist.
4. The Senate bill has been referred to the Finance Committee.
5. The company is referring people to its Web site for more information.
• to look at or in (something) for information
1. She often refers to her notes when giving a speech.
2. Please refer to our Web site for more information.
• to have a direct connection or relationship to (something)
1. The word “finch” refers to a kind of bird.
2. The numbers shown in the text refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page.

• to talk about or write about (someone or something) especially briefly
1. No one referred to the incident.
• to call (something or someone) by (a specified name or title)
1. The victim was referred to only as “John Doe.”
2. At one time, people referred to the city as the Paris of the East.