refer
verb (used with object)
to direct for information or anything required.
has referred
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present perfectof refer (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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David Mitchell has referred to his novels as chapters in an “Über-book” because characters and concepts recur across them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
No arrests have been made and the force has referred itself to the Independent Office of Police Conduct.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
A government contractor resurfaced the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall with what the president has referred to as an “American Flag” blue coating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The company has referred nearly 100 cases of suspicious activity to law enforcement, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The gentleman from122 Virginia has referred to the John Brown invasion.
From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden
