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Refers

To direct the attention of.

📖 Definitions of "Refers"

verb

1
To direct the attention of.
2
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
3
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.
4
(construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Refers"

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Word	Definition
denoteverb	(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
relateverb	(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
mentionverb	To make a short reference to something.
citeverb	(transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
nameverb	(ditransitive) To give a name to.
pertainverb	(intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to.
consultverb	(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
advertverb	(intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to).
look upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
concernverb	(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
bear onverb	To influence, have an effect on.
bring upverb	To mention.
touch onverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
touchverb	Primarily physical senses.
come toverb	(transitive) To total; to amount to.
addressesverb	(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
advertsverb	(intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to).
affectsverb	(transitive) To influence or alter.
aimsverb	(intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
allegesverb	(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.