refer

refer
refer [rɪˈfɜ:r]
1. transitive verb
[+ matter, question] soumettre (to à)
• the problem was referred to the UN le problème a été soumis à l'ONU
• I have to refer it to my boss je dois en référer à mon patron
• the doctor referred me to a specialist le médecin m'a adressé à un spécialiste
• the patient was referred for tests on a envoyé le patient subir des examens
• to refer sb to the article on ... renvoyer qn à l'article sur ...
• "the reader is referred to page 10" « prière de se reporter à la page 10 »
2. intransitive verb
   a. ( = allude) (directly) faire référence (to à ) ; (indirectly) faire allusion (to à)
• I am not referring to you je ne parle pas de vous
• what can he be referring to? de quoi parle-t-il ?
• he referred to her as his assistant il l'a appelée son assistante
• referring to your letter suite à votre lettre
   b. ( = consult) se référer (to sth à qch)
• to refer to one's notes se référer à ses notes
* * *
[rɪ'fɜː(r)] 1.
(p prés etc -rr-) transitive verb
1) (pass on) renvoyer [task, problem, enquiry] (to à)

to refer somebody to — [person] envoyer quelqu'un à [department]; [critic, text] renvoyer quelqu'un à [article, footnote]

2) Law déférer [case] (to à)
3) Medicine

to be referred to a specialist — être envoyé en consultation chez un spécialiste

2.
intransitive verb
1) (allude to, talk about)

to refer to — parler de, faire allusion à [person, topic, event]

2) (as name, label)

she refers to him as Bob — elle l'appelle Bob

3) (signify)

to refer to — [number, date, term] se rapporter à

4) (consult)

to refer to — consulter [notes, article]


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