| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mention |
Synonyms: |
accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, direct attention, excerpt, exemplify, extract, give as example, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance, interpolate, introduce, invoke, lay, make allusion, make mention of, make reference, name, notice, point, point out, put down to, quote, speak about, speak of, specify, touch on |
| Notes: | allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct, guide |
Synonyms: |
commit, consign, deliver, hand in, hand over, introduce, pass on, point, put in touch, recommend, relegate, send, submit, transfer, turn over |
Antonyms: |
hold back |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concern, apply |
Synonyms: |
answer, appertain, be a matter of, be about, be directed to, be relevant, bear upon, belong, connect, correspond with, cover, deal with, encompass, have a bearing on, have reference, have relation, have to do with, hold, include, incorporate, involve, pertain, point, regard, relate, take in, touch |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek information |
Synonyms: |
advise, apply, commune, confer, consult, go, have recourse, look up, recur, repair, resort, run, turn, turn to |
| Main Entry: | referring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alluding |
Synonyms: |
attributing, bringing up, citing, hinting, implying, indicating, mentioning, quoting, remarking, suggesting, touching on |
| Main Entry: | accredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute responsibility or achievement |
Synonyms: |
ascribe, assign, charge, credit, refer |
| Main Entry: | allude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hint at |
Synonyms: |
advert, bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest |
| Notes: | allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge |
Antonyms: |
deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
| Main Entry: | appertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belong, be connected |
Synonyms: |
apply, be characteristic of, be part of, be pertinent, be proper, be relevant, bear, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch upon, vest |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be appropriate, relevant |
Synonyms: |
affect, allude, appertain, be applicable, be pertinent, bear upon, concern, connect, fit, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch |