26984 words

referred

2 definitions • 7 examples
1
(of a doctor) to send someone to a hospital or specialist (= a doctor who has special training in and knowledge of a particular area of medicine):

Examples:

You should make another appointment with your family doctor and insist that they refer you.
After the operation, her liver failed and doctors referred her for an emergency transplant.
refer someone to Your doctor may refer you to a physiotherapist to help you with the exercises.
refer someone on If you need more specialized care, you get referred on (= referred to someone else).
2
to direct someone or something to a different place or person for information, help, or action, often to a person or group with more knowledge or power:

Examples:

refer something to I will refer the matter to my colleague and obtain a response.
refer a case The High Court has referred the case to the Court of Appeal.
refer something on The executive committee viewed the incident yesterday and decided to refer it on (= refer it to someone else).

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