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How to pronounce “refer”
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Pronunciation guide for refer
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of refer with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Make it New: A History of Silicon Valley Design
My students refer to them was my fault and your fault.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce refer
Make it New: A History of Silicon Valley Design
My students refer to them was my fault and your fault.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “refer”
Meaning
- [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.
- (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.
- (intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
- (intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
- (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
- (intransitive, programming) To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object. [with to]
- (transitive, education) To require to resit an examination.
- (intransitive, of a term or name) To have the meaning of, to denote.
- [Noun]
- (journalism) A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its slug or headline and its page number.
Practice Nearby Words
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