"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 30
(3) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(5) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(7) collectively, jointly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(11) directly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
(12) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) mistakenly, erroneously
Kolokacji: 2
(18) exclusively, solely
Kolokacji: 2
(22) indirectly, pointedly, bluntly
Kolokacji: 3
2. pejoratively referred = pejoratywnie skierowany pejoratively referred
  • Today, computer savvy and other technically proficient people are sometimes pejoratively referred to as propellerheads thanks to the one-time popularity of the propeller beanie.
  • This group is mostly (but not exclusively) conservative leaning and pejoratively referred to by their rivals as blavers.
  • This group is mostly (but not exclusively) left leaning and is pejoratively referred to as catalanistes by the aforementioned.
  • Contestants have referred to King pejoratively as a "he/she" and a "drag queen".
  • The repeated holding of a referendum on a single issue has been pejoratively referred to as a "never-end-um" by the academic Matt Qvortrup.
  • Those who practice draft evasion are sometimes pejoratively referred to as "draft dodgers," a term which was made popular during the Vietnam War.
  • These children are sometimes pejoratively referred to as anchor babies by those aggressively opposed to this method of citizenship attained outside of the legal immigration process.
  • Companies that have this business model are pejoratively referred to as patent trolls.
  • The Swiss standard is often pejoratively referred to as the 50% Rule.
  • Majoritarianism is sometimes pejoratively referred to by its opponents as "ochlocracy" (literally, "mob rule") or "tyranny of the majority".
3. derogatorily referred = uchybiająco skierowany derogatorily referred
(24) sarcastically, sardonically
Kolokacji: 2
(25) hereafter, hereinafter
Kolokacji: 2
(26) publicly, privately
Kolokacji: 2
(28) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
(29) evidently, ostensibly, plainly
Kolokacji: 3
(30) ironically, wryly
Kolokacji: 2

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