Define vs. Refer
Difference Between Define and Refer
Define➦
state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
the contract will seek to define the client's obligations
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Refer➦
To direct to a source for help or information
referred her to a heart specialist.
referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.
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Define➦
mark out the boundary or limits of
the river defines the park's boundary
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Refer➦
To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
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Define➦
To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
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Refer➦
To direct the attention of
I refer you to the training manual.
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Define➦
To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
define the properties of a new drug.
a study that defines people according to their median incomes.
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Refer➦
To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
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Define➦
To make clear the outline or form of; delineate
gentle hills that were defined against the sky.
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Refer➦
To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class
referred the newly discovered partita to the 1600s.
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Define➦
To specify distinctly
define the weapons to be used in limited warfare.
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Refer➦
To relate or pertain; concern
questions referring to yesterday's lecture.
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Define➦
To give form or meaning to
"For him, a life is defined by action" (Jay Parini).
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Refer➦
To serve as a descriptor or have as a denotation
The word chair refers to a piece of furniture.
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Define➦
To make or write a definition.
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Refer➦
To speak or write about something briefly or incidentally; make reference
referred during our conversation to several books he was reading.
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Define➦
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
the defining power of an optical instrument
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Refer➦
To turn one's attention, as in seeking information
refer to a dictionary.
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Define➦
(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.
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Refer➦
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
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Define➦
To express the essential nature of something.
I define myself as a techno-anarchist.
Your past mistakes do not define who you are.
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Refer➦
(transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
He referred the matter to the principal.
to refer a patient to a psychiatrist
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Define➦
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
The textbook defined speed as velocity divided by time.
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Refer➦
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
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Define➦
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
Person 1: Is she good at math?
Person 2: Define "good." If you mean if she is faster than the average middle schooler at multiplication, then yes. If you mean if she is able to do multivariable calculus, then no.
Person 2: Define "good." If you mean if she is faster than the average middle schooler at multiplication, then yes. If you mean if she is able to do multivariable calculus, then no.
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Refer➦
(intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.
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Define➦
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
to define the legal boundaries of a property
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Refer➦
To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
The recipe referred to several unusual ingredients.
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Define➦
(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
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Refer➦
(grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
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Define➦
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
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Refer➦
To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object. to
In C, the pointer obtained by
&a refers to the variable a.0
Define➦
To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
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Refer➦
Required to resit an examination.
Smith's marks in the finals were unsatisfactory and he was referred.
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Define➦
To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
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Refer➦
(journalism) A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its slug or headline and its page number.
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Define➦
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Rings . . . very distinct and well defined.
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Refer➦
To carry or send back.
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Define➦
To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature.
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Refer➦
Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.
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Define➦
To determine; to decide.
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Refer➦
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
I'll refer me to all things sense.
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Define➦
give a definition for the meaning of a word;
Define `sadness'
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Refer➦
To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.
In suits . . . it is to refer to some friend of trust.
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Define➦
determine the essential quality of
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To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.
Of those places that refer to the shutting and opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job.
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Define➦
determine the nature of;
What defines a good wine?
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Refer➦
To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.
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Define➦
delineate the form or outline of;
The tree was clearly defined by the light
The camera could define the smallest object
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Refer➦
To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.
Now to the universal whole advert:The earth regard as of that whole a part.
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Refer➦
make reference to;
His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
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Refer➦
have to do with or be relevant to;
There were lots of questions referring to her talk
My remark pertained to your earlier comments
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Refer➦
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another;
This plant can be referred to a known species
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Refer➦
send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision;
refer a patient to a specialist
refer a bill to a committee
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Refer➦
seek information from;
You should consult the dictionary
refer to your notes
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Refer➦
have as a meaning;
`multi-' denotes `many'
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