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referred

/ɹɪˈfɜːd/ · verb

Meaning

  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.
  5. (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
  6. To address a specific location in computer memory.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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