♦ (to) refer

♦ (to) refer
♦ (to) refer /rɪˈfɜ:(r)/
A v. t.
1 indirizzare; mandare (q.): My doctor referred me to a specialist, il mio medico mi ha mandato da uno specialista; They referred me to another office, mi hanno indirizzato a un altro ufficio
2 deferire; (leg.) rinviare: Let's refer the question to arbitration, deferiamo la questione a un arbitro; The case has been referred to the Court of Appeal, il caso è stato rinviato alla Corte d'Appello; (polit.) to refer a bill to a committee, rinviare un disegno di legge a una commissione (per ulteriore esame)
3 (in GB) rimandare, bocciare (uno studente)
4 (arc.) attribuire; imputare: to refer famine to the war, attribuire la carestia alla guerra
5 (bot., zool.) assegnare: to refer the subclass of barnacles to the crustaceans, assegnare la sottoclasse dei cirripedi ai crostacei
6 (sport) deferire (un giocatore, ecc.: alla commissione disciplinare)
B v. i.
1 alludere: Don't refer to the accident again, non alludere più all'incidente; She never referred to him in her letters, non lo ha mai menzionato nelle sue lettere; I wouldn't refer to myself as a writer, non mi definirei uno scrittore
2 riferirsi: His remark refers only indirectly to you, la sua osservazione si riferisce a te soltanto indirettamente; referring to what I said just now, rifacendomi a quanto ho appena detto; The term communism refers to a variety of political movements, il termine comunismo designa una serie di movimenti politici
3 to refer to, consultare: Candidates should refer to our website for information, i candidati devono consultare il nostro sito Internet per informazioni; to refer to a map [a dictionary], consultare una carta geografica [un dizionario]
to refer back, rifarsi, richiamarsi: His paintings refer back constantly to his childhood, i suoi dipinti si richiamano continuamente alla sua infanzia; Please refer back to the answer we gave earlier, si rimanda alla risposta già data in precedenza □ (banca) «refer to drawer» (abbr. R.D.), «rivolgersi all'emittente» (formula con cui una banca rifiuta il pagamento di un assegno scoperto) □ (anche comm.) referring to, in riferimento a; riguardo a.
FALSI AMICI: to refer non significa riferire nel senso di riportare fatti o mettere in relazione

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