refer

rə'fə: 1. past tense, past participle - referred; verb

(with to)

1) (to talk or write (about something); to mention: He doesn't like anyone referring to his wooden leg; I referred to your theories in my last book.) vise til, nevne

2) (to relate to, concern, or apply to: My remarks refer to your last letter.) (hen)vise til, angå, vedrøre

3) (to send or pass on to someone else for discussion, information, a decision etc: The case was referred to a higher law-court; I'll refer you to the managing director.) henvise til

4) (to look for information (in something): If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I refer to a dictionary.) slå opp i, se etter

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- referee

2. verb

(to act as a referee for a match: I've been asked to referee (a football match) on Saturday.) dømme

- reference

- reference book
- reference library

verb \/rɪˈfɜː\/

1) henvise, remittere

• refer a patient to a specialist

2) henvise noen til, sende\/dirigere noen til, råde noen til å vende seg til, gi noen henvisning til

• refer a bill to a committee

• the matters was referred to the United Nations

3) henføre, regne med blant, plassere

• organisms which some scientists refer to animals, some refer to plants

• historians refer the fall of Rome to 410 A.D.

historikere mener at Roma falt i 410 e.Kr.

4) tilskrive, legge skylden på

• he referred his success to the good training he had had

• they referred the famine to the Civil War

de la skylden for hungersnøden på borgerkrigen

5) angå, vedrøre

• this decision refers to me alone

6) overføre til

• the pain in the shoulder may be referred to the rest of the back

smerten i skulderen kan føre til at hele ryggen begynner å verke

7) (skolevesen, om prøve) stryke

• be referred in a subject

stryke i et fag

above referred to ovennevnt, tidligere nevnt

refer to henvise til, referere til, påberope (seg på), appellere til, vende seg til

• refer to a book

konsultere en bok

• referring to your letter

med henvisning til Deres brev

• refer to one's watch

kikke på klokken sin

sikte til, referere seg til, med hensyn til hentyde til, tilsikte, mene, antyde, omtale

• are you referring to me?

mener du meg?

referred pain (medisin) overført smerte