"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
2. seem to refer = wydawaj się odnieść się seem to refer
3. lead to refer = prowadzić odnosić się lead to refer
  • The exact source of the friction is unknown, but a contract dispute led Davis to refer to Allen as "a cancer on the team."
  • The record ultimately cost $30,000, which led Moore to refer to the album as "our first non-econo record".
  • His advocacy of the game lead some to refer to him as the "father of American lacrosse."
  • His experiences there led him to refer to Hart as a "very, very tough man."
  • This led some to refer to Jones as "the fourth branch of government."
  • During the mall's initial years, traffic was sluggish, leading some to refer to it as the "Chesterfield Morgue."
  • Family tragedy and a series of controversies led to Spanish newspapers to refer to the year as the king's annus horribilis.
  • The ordered movement of large numbers of atoms lead some to refer to these as military transformations in contrast to civilian diffusion-based phase changes.
  • Mention of Community competences leads me to refer to the Convention, which, to a large degree, works with a view to legal continuity.
  • During his playing days, racial attacks against his black teammates led him to refer repeatedly to the United States as a "racist society."
(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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