"refer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

refer verbo

verbo + refer
Kolokacji: 16
begin referring • used to refer • keep referring • come to refer • say referring • ...
(2) come, seem, lead
Kolokacji: 3
1. come to refer = przyjdź odnieść się come to refer
  • It has come to refer to someone who "sleeps hard and long".
  • The term "street child" has come to refer only to the last group.
  • The term changed over time, however, and came to refer to the study of human origins.
  • The term later came to refer to the new regular army established under the reform program.
  • This is how the term band first came to refer to a group of musicians.
  • He later came to refer to it as "looking sideways."
  • The name later came to refer to all students of the schools past and present.
  • By the 15th century it had come to refer to rubbish in general.
  • This name has come to refer to the two schools' contests in other major team sports as well.
  • He came to refer to himself as a Christian socialist.
2. seem to refer = wydawaj się odnieść się seem to refer
3. lead to refer = prowadzić odnosić się lead to refer
(3) say, call, prefer
Kolokacji: 4
refer + preposición
Kolokacji: 37
refer to • refer by • refer for • refer during • refer of • ...
refer + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 136
commonly referred • generally refer • refer specifically • frequently referred • refer incorrectly • simply refer • originally referred • ...

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