refer
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make reference to
His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
Types & categories
- have in mind hypernym
- commend hyponym
- speak of the devil hyponym
- remember hyponym
- quote hyponym
- touch on hyponym
- invoke hyponym
- namedrop hyponym
- bring up hyponym
- drag up hyponym
- cross-refer hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be relevant to
There were lots of questions referring to her talk
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- denotation derivation
- applicability derivation
- apposite derivation
- allude verb group
Sense 3 verb
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
This plant can be referred to a known species
Types & categories
- class hypernym
Related & opposite
- reference derivation
Sense 4 verb
send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
refer a patient to a specialist
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- referral derivation
- consultation derivation
- referee derivation
- reviewer derivation
Sense 5 verb
seek information from
You should consult the dictionary
Types & categories
- research hypernym
Related & opposite
- consultation derivation
- reference book derivation
- consultation derivation
- reference derivation
Sense 6 verb
have as a meaning
`multi-' denotes `many'
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- denotation derivation
- reference derivation
- denotative derivation
- denotative derivation
- denote verb group
Sense 7 verb
use a name to designate
Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary
Types & categories
- call hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | name |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quotation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quotation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reference |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | citation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | naming |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mentioner |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | have in mind |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | speak of the devil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remember |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quote |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | touch on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | invoke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | namedrop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drag up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cross-refer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | denotation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | applicability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apposite |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | allude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | center |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go for |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | matter to |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reference |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | referral |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | consultation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | referee |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reviewer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | send |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | submit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | recommit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consultation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reference book |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consultation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reference |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | research |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | denotation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | reference |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | denotative |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | denotative |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | denote |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | signify |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | twist around |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | euphemize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hark back |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | name |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | apply |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | slur |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | state |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | call |