"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
(24) sarcastically, sardonically
Kolokacji: 2
(25) hereafter, hereinafter
Kolokacji: 2
(26) publicly, privately
Kolokacji: 2
1. literally refer = dosłownie odnieś się literally refer
2. strictly refer = surowo odnieś się strictly refer
3. refer metaphorically = odnieś się metaforycznie refer metaphorically
  • In the context of mysticism, the phrase refers metaphorically to the end of ordinary reality and reunion with the Divine.
  • In contemporary culture, the term sometimes refers inexactly or metaphorically to women who are presumed to wish they were men.
  • The "destruction of language" (line 15) metaphorically refers to the: a. end of a romance.
  • Hence, the term may refer metaphorically to several things:
  • Ezekiel 28 is thought by some to be referring metaphorically to Satan, rather than to the king of Babylon.
  • Father can also refer metaphorically to a person who is considered the founder of a body of knowledge or of an institution.
  • Spenser also metaphorically refers to Cape Cod as the Promised Land.
  • It refers metaphorically to a human corpse as a "sheer hulk".
  • Film historians refer to cannibalism both literally and metaphorically.
  • On the one hand, this deer hunt may metaphorically refer to a hunt for human victims.
(28) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
(29) evidently, ostensibly, plainly
Kolokacji: 3
(30) ironically, wryly
Kolokacji: 2

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