refer (sb) to sth
— phrasal verb with refer uk/rɪˈfɜːr/us/rɪˈfɝː/verb -rr-
C2 to look at, or tell someone else to look at, a book or similar record in order to find information and help:
She spoke for an hour without once referring to her notes.
He referred to a history book to find out the dates of the French Revolution.
The reader is constantly referred back to the introduction.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- read sth over/through
- readable
- reader
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- reference
- riffle
- semiotics
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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