"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
1. jokingly refer = żartem odnosić się jokingly refer
3. jocularly referred = żartobliwie skierowany jocularly referred
  • The common council to which Tweed had first been elected had been jocularly referred to as The Forty Thieves.
  • Clemens has jocularly referred to this pitch as "Mr. Splitty."
  • This is sometimes jocularly referred to as the "two man bench press".
  • Those who choose not to be openly known as such are sometimes jocularly referred to as "ninjas".
  • Because many of these products are popular with young American professionals, the conflict has been jocularly referred to as the "yuppie trade war."
  • A haircut may also be jocularly referred to as a branchage.
  • The difficulty in reproducing elsewhere the taste of the beers has led to the premier beer being jocularly referred to as Ruddles Counterfeit.
  • Several games between bad teams, particularly poor in play quality, have been jocularly referred to as Toilet Bowls or, in professional football, as Draft Bowls.
  • The UNP was jocularly referred to at this time as the 'Uncle Nephew Party'.
4. half-jokingly refer = pół żartem odnosić się half-jokingly refer
(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
(28) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
(29) evidently, ostensibly, plainly
Kolokacji: 3
(30) ironically, wryly
Kolokacji: 2

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