refer
/rɪˈfəː/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
rɪ - ˈfəː -> refer
❏ refer to sb/ sth [PHRV ]
၁။ ရည်ညွှန်းသည်။ ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုသည်။
The victims were not referred to by name. ❍ This incident in his childhood is never referred to again.
၂။ ဖော်ပြသည်။ ရည်ညွှန်း သည်။ ရည်ရွယ်ပြောဆိုသည်။ This paragraph refers to the events of last year. ❍ When I said some people are stupid, I wasn't referring to you.
၃။ မှီငြမ်းသည်။ ကြည့်သည်။ မေးသည်။ refer to a dictionary/ an expert ❍ The speaker referred to his notes repeatedly.
❏ referral /r'fɜ:rǝl/ n (က) [U] လွှဲပြောင်းပေးခြင်း။ the referral of such cases to a doctor.
(ခ) [C] လွှဲပြောင်းပေးလိုက် သူ၊ အမှုတွဲ။ several referrals from the clinic.
❏ refer to sb/ sth as sth [PHRV ] ရည်ညွှန်းပြောဆိုသည်။ He always refers to his wife as ‘my other half’.
❏ refer sb/ sth to sb/ sth [PHRV ] လွှဲပြောင်းပေးသည်။ လွှဲအပ်သည်။ ရည်ညွှန်းသည်။ The doctor referred me to a psychiatrist. ❍ The case was referred to the Court of Appeal. ❍ I was referred to the manager/ the enquiry office. ❍ The reader is referred to page 13 for a fuller account of this affair. ❍ May I refer you to my letter of 14 May?
- She referred to the subject several times during her speech.
- Jack was careful not to refer to the woman by name.
- [refer to someone/something as] : Even as a boy he referred to his father as Steve.
- [refer back to something] : I would like to refer back to something I said in my introduction.
- These notes refer to the case of a teenage murderer.
- The term ‘groupware’ refers to software designed to be used by several computer users at once.
- The doctor referred me to a skin specialist.
- Her case was referred to the Court of Appeal.
- Please refer to our catalogue for details of all our products.
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