## Meanings
1. To mention or talk about something or someone.
2. To send someone to a person or place for help or information.
3. To send a patient to a specialist for treatment or advice.
4. To be about or connected to something.

## Examples
- To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.
- The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on the ground floor.
- The doctor referred her to a heart specialist.
- There were many questions referring to the professor's talk.

## Synonyms
- delegate
- direct

## Derived Forms
- corefer
- cross-refer
- dereferer
- misrefer
- referee
- referent
- referment
- referologist
- referrable
- referrer
- rerefer

## Related Forms
- reference
- referral
- relate
- relation
- relationship
- relative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰer-
- Root: referren
- Root: referer
- Root: referre

## Etymology
From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre. The noun (used in journalism) is from the verb. Doublet of relate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

## AI Etymology
Refer comes from Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre. The noun (used in journalism) is from the verb. Doublet of relate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Modern senses include to mention or talk about something or someone. and to send someone to a person or place for help or information.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as corefer, cross-refer, dereferer, misrefer, referee, and referent and related forms such as reference, referral, relate, and relation.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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