Antonyms for refer
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-fur |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfɜr |
Definition of refer
Origin :- late 14c., "to trace back (to a first cause), attribute, assign," from Old French referer (14c.) and directly from Latin referre "to relate, refer," literally "to carry back," from re- "back" (see re-) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Meaning "to commit to some authority for a decision" is from mid-15c.; sense of "to direct (someone) to a book, etc." is from c.1600. Related: Referred; referring.
- verb mention
- verb direct, guide
- verb concern, apply
- verb seek information
- I refer, of course, to man's mastery over the latent forces of Nature.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- To Alec Haskell I shall in this discourse again have occasion to refer.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- Cyrus worries so about it (of course we know what you refer to).
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- At the end of it, he asked, "Did you--you must excuse me--refer to me at all?"
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- Those who desire information of the most undoubted, must refer to his pages.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- We shall have to refer it right and left; and when we refer it anywhere, then you'll have to look it up.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I refer to the Domesday Book, or survey of the country which William caused to be made.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- And, on our supposition, to which I will refer presently, this is perfectly correct.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- My brother writes to John Caird, and to him I must refer you for the news of our family.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Do you refer to that speech by the Prime Minister of Austria a week or two ago?
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for refer
- accredit
- adduce
- advert
- advise
- allude
- answer
- appertain
- apply
- ascribe
- assign
- associate
- attribute
- be a matter of
- be about
- be directed to
- be relevant
- bear upon
- belong
- bring up
- charge
- cite
- commit
- commune
- confer
- connect
- consign
- consult
- correspond with
- cover
- credit
- deal with
- deliver
- designate
- direct attention
- encompass
- excerpt
- exemplify
- extract
- give as example
- glance
- go
- hand in
- hand over
- have a bearing on
- have recourse
- have reference
- have relation
- have to do with
- hint
- hold
- impute
- include
- incorporate
- indicate
- insert
- instance
- interpolate
- introduce
- invoke
- involve
- lay
- look up
- make allusion
- make mention of
- make reference
- name
- notice
- pass on
- pertain
- point
- point out
- put down to
- put in touch
- quote
- recommend
- recur
- regard
- relate
- relegate
- repair
- resort
- run
- send
- speak about
- speak of
- specify
- submit
- take in
- touch
- touch on
- transfer
- turn
- turn over
- turn to
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