refer

erwähnen, Bezug nehmen

Beim Sprechen oder Schreiben jemanden oder etwas ansprechen.

In einfachem Englisch: To mention someone or something when speaking or writing.

• Please refer to my earlier message.
• She referred to him several times in her speech.
• Were you referring to the old plan?

So benutzt man es: refer to someone/something (The speaker referred to a recent study.)

Synonyme: mention, allude to

Häufige Wendungen: refer to someone, refer to something, refer back to

nachschlagen, konsultieren

In einem Buch, Dokument oder einer anderen Quelle nach Informationen suchen.

In einfachem Englisch: To look at a book, document, or other source to find information.

• Refer to the map.
• I referred to my notes before answering.
• You can refer to the guide for more details.

So benutzt man es: refer to something for something (Refer to the manual for cleaning instructions.)

Synonyme: consult, check

Häufige Wendungen: refer to something, refer to notes, refer to instructions

sich beziehen, bezeichnen

Eine bestimmte Person oder Sache meinen, bezeichnen oder zum Thema haben.

In einfachem Englisch: To be about, mean, or point to a particular person or thing.

• These figures refer to last year.
• The name refers to a local river.
• Who does this pronoun refer to?

So benutzt man es: refer to someone/something (The word 'they' refers to the children.)

Synonyme: denote, relate to, mean

Häufige Wendungen: refer to someone, refer to something

überweisen, weiterleiten

Jemanden oder etwas an eine andere Person oder Stelle schicken, um Hilfe, Informationen oder eine Entscheidung zu erhalten.

In einfachem Englisch: To send someone or something to another person or place for help, information, or a decision.

• They referred me to another office.
• The doctor referred the patient to a specialist.
• We will refer your complaint to the manager.

So benutzt man es: refer someone/something to someone/something (The doctor referred me to a specialist.)

Synonyme: direct, send on

Häufige Wendungen: refer someone to, refer something to, refer a matter, refer a case

zuschreiben, zuordnen

Etwas einer bestimmten Gruppe zuordnen oder auf eine bestimmte Ursache oder Quelle zurückführen.

In einfachem Englisch: To decide that something belongs to a particular group or comes from a particular cause or source.

• They referred the illness to poor diet.
• The scholar referred the text to an earlier period.
• These examples can be referred to the same class.

So benutzt man es: refer something to something (The researcher referred the changes to a single underlying cause.)

Synonyme: attribute, assign, ascribe

Häufige Wendungen: refer something to, refer to a cause