refer to

refer to
Synonyms and related words:
account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, address to, advert to, advise with, affect, allude to, answer to, appeal to, appertain to, apply to, argue, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, bargain, be construed as, be taken as, bear on, bear upon, belong to, bespeak, betoken, blame, blame for, blame on, blurt, blurt out, breathe, bring home to, bring into play, bring to attention, bring to notice, call attention to, call in, charge on, charge to, cite, collogue, comment, compare notes, concern, confer, confer with, confess, connect, connect with, connote, consult, consult with, convert to use, correspond to, counsel, credit with, cross-refer, cross-reference, deal with, deliberate, denominate, denote, designate, direct attention to, direct to, discuss, discuss with, emblematize, enlist into service, exchange observations, exchange views, exclaim, fall back upon, fasten upon, father upon, figure, finger, fix on, fix upon, focus on, hang on, have connection with, have conversations, have recourse to, hold conference, imply, import, impress, impute to, indicate, interest, interject, invoke, involve, lay to, let drop, let fall, liaise with, link with, look to, make a cross-reference, make reference to, mean, mention, muse, name, negotiate, note, observe, opine, palaver, parley, pertain to, pick out, pin on, pinpoint, place upon, point at, point out, point to, powwow, put heads together, put in requisition, reason with, recur to, reference, reflect, regard, relate to, remark, resort to, respect, revert to, saddle on, saddle with, select, set down to, settle upon, signify, sit down together, sit down with, speak, specify, spell, stand for, stigmatize, suggest, symbol, symbolize, take counsel, take to, take up with, talk over, tie in with, touch, touch on, touch upon, treat of, turn to, turn to use, typify

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