English Dictionary

refer

/ɹɪˈfɜː/

verb

(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something) / (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

I will refer you to our customer service department for further assistance.

意味（1）

(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)

The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.

意味（2）

(transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

He referred the matter to the principal.

意味（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.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)

To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.

意味（5）

(grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.

意味（6）

(intransitive, programming) To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object. [+ to (object)]

In C, the pointer obtained by &a refers to the variable a.

意味（7）

(intransitive, education) Required to resit an examination.

Smith's marks in the finals were unsatisfactory and he was referred.