Refer vs Re - What's the difference?
refer | re |
To direct the attention of.
To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
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.
(rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
# (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence
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About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters and documents.
Ray]], a syllable used in [[solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
Reinsurance.
As a verb refer
is to direct the attention of.As a preposition re is
about, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters and documents.As a noun re is
ray, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.As an abbreviation RE is
regarding.As an initialism RE is
Royal Engineers, a regiment in the British Army.As a proper noun Ré is
an island off the west coast of France, by La Rochelle.refer
English
Verb
(referr)- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
- He referred the matter to the principal.
- to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
- He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.