refer to
phrasal verb
referred to; referring to; refers to
1
: to look at or in (something) for information
She often refers to her notes when giving a speech.
Please refer to our website for more information.
2
: to have a direct connection or relationship to (something)
The word "finch" refers to a kind of bird.
The numbers shown in the text refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page.
3
: to talk about or write about (someone or something) especially briefly : to mention (someone or something) in speech or in writing
No one referred to the incident.
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The three wheels refer to an auto-rickshaw driver who picks up three passengers and has three adventures in the film’s two-hour duration.
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
The approach of doing so at the get-go is typically referred to as quantization-aware training (QAT), while the alternative approach of doing so afterward is known as post-training quantization (PTQ).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
After an eight-day journey, the lander, referred to as the IM-1, Nova-C or Odysseus, completed its mission.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Then in April, fully two years after the original intrusion, Microsoft warned of a vulnerability in Windows' print spooler that had been used by Russia's APT28 hacker group—Microsoft refers to the group as Forest Blizzard—to gain administrative privileges on target machines.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
The approach of doing so at the get-go is typically referred to as quantization-aware training (QAT), while the alternative approach of doing so afterward is known as post-training quantization (PTQ).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
After an eight-day journey, the lander, referred to as the IM-1, Nova-C or Odysseus, completed its mission.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Then in April, fully two years after the original intrusion, Microsoft warned of a vulnerability in Windows' print spooler that had been used by Russia's APT28 hacker group—Microsoft refers to the group as Forest Blizzard—to gain administrative privileges on target machines.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Refer to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refer%20to. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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