Related Words for refer

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mention
/x
Verb, Noun
relate
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Noun, Verb
pertain
x/
Verb, Verb
consult
x/
Verb, Verb
denote
x/
Verb, Verb
advert
xx
Verb, Verb, Noun
cite
/
Noun, Verb
name
/
Verb, Verb
concern
x/
Verb, Verb
touch
/
Verb, Verb
bear on
//
Phrase, Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
look up
//
Phrase, Verb
touch on
//
Phrase, Verb
allude
x/
Verb
describe
x/
Verb
reference
/xx
Noun
call
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Noun
designate
/xx
Verb
used
/
Verb
indicate
/xx
Verb
suggest
x/
Verb
explain
x/
Verb
advise
x/
Verb
remind
x/
Verb
speak
/
Verb
liken
/x
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
define
x/
Verb
equate
x/
Verb
presume
x/
Verb
correspond
xx/
Verb
tell
/
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
euphemistically
xx/xx
Adverb
classify
/xx
Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
intend
x/
Verb
introduce
xx/
Verb
clarify
/xx
Verb
apply
x/
Verb
accompany
x/xx
Verb
emphasize
/xx
Verb
reiterate
x/xx
Verb
recommend
xx/
Verb
termed
/
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
signify
/xx
Verb
inquire
x/
Verb
prefer
x/
Verb
employ
x/
Verb
talk
/
Noun
linked
/
Verb
instruct
x/
Verb
defer
x/
Verb
requesting
x/x
Verb
declare
x/
Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
assume
x/
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb
colloquially
x/xxx
Adverb
associate
x/xx
Noun
coined
/
Verb
qualify
/xx
Verb
please
/
Verb
appear
x/
Verb
connote
x/
Verb
attach
x/
Verb
tend
/
Verb
portray
x/
Verb
seek
/
Verb
inform
x/
Verb
enquire
x/x
Verb
imply
x/
Verb
emphasise
/xx
Verb
interchangeably
xx/xx
Adverb
summarize
/xx
Verb
distinguish
x/x
Verb
implore
x/
Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb
attributed
x/xx
Verb
come
/
Verb
synonymously
x/xxx
Adverb
asked
/
Verb
illustrate
/xx
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
examine
x/x
Verb
assign
x/
Verb
admonish
x/x
Verb
insist
x/
Verb
warn
/
Verb
interpret
x/x
Verb
labeled
/x
Verb
know
/
Verb
read
/
Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
argue
/x
Verb
infer
x/
Verb
include
x/
Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
remember
x/x
Verb
depict
x/
Verb
expound
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
hear
/
Verb
known
/
Verb
proclaim
x/
Verb
confirm
x/
Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
derive
x/
Verb
characterise
xxx/x
Verb
recognise
/xx
Verb
disparagingly
x/xxx
Adverb
assist
x/
Verb
observe
x/
Verb
noted
/x
Verb
want
/
Verb
revert
x/
Verb
turn to
//
Phrase, Verb
point
/
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective
focus
/x
Noun
remit
x/
Noun
find
/
Verb
address
/x
Noun
spotlight
/x
Noun
point out
//
Phrase, Verb
orient
/xx
Name
advertise
/xx
Verb
tell of
//
Phrase, Verb
point up
//
Phrase, Verb
look
/
Noun
relegate
/xx
Verb
call out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
regard
x/
Noun
servicing
/xx
Verb
subscripts
xx
Noun
paragraph
/xx
Verb
appendix
x/x
Verb
disassembly
xx/x
Adverb
fig
/
Verb
case
/
Verb
numerals
/xx
Noun
generically
x/xx
Adverb
citations
x/x
Noun
article
/xx
Verb
abusing
x/x
Verb
actions
/x
Noun
addicted
x/x
Adjective
adduce
x/
Verb
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
allocate
/xx
Verb
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
appoint
x/
Verb
are
/
Noun
assets
/x
Noun
assignment
x/x
Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
banish
/x
Verb
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bereaved
x/
Adjective
bottomless
/xx
Adjective
bring
/
Verb
broach
/
Verb, Noun
browse
/
Noun, Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
come back
//
Phrase, Verb
commend
x/
Verb, Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
communicate
x/xx
Verb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
consequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
consign
x/
Verb
consultation
xx/x
Noun
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
contingencies
x/xx
Noun
convey
x/
Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
deaf
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
debt
/
Noun
deferral
x/x
Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
deport
x/
Verb
dis
/
Noun, Verb
disabled
x/x
Adjective, Noun
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
dismissal
x/x
Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dredge up
//
Phrase, Verb
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
dyslexic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
entrust
x/
Verb
evoke
x/
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exemptions
x/x
Noun
expel
x/
Verb
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
footnote
/x
Noun, Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
guide
/
Noun, Verb
handicapped
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hark back
//
Name, Verb, Name
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
hint
/
Noun, Verb
how
/
Adverb, Noun
indebtedness
x/xx
Noun
indigent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
infrastructure
xx/x
Noun
insurances
x/xx
Noun
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
involve
x/
Verb
irreversibility
xx/x/xx
Noun
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
make
/
Verb, Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
needs
/
Noun, Adverb
needy
/x
Adjective
nominate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
overweight
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pervert
/x
Noun, Verb
pose
/
Verb, Noun
postpone
x/
Verb
proton
/x
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
query
/x
Noun, Verb
quote
/
Noun, Verb
raise
/
Verb, Noun
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
recommit
x/x
Verb, Noun
recourse
/x
Noun, Verb
referral
x/x
Noun
reflect
x/
Verb
rely
x/
Verb
remand
x/
Noun, Verb
removal
x/x
Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
reporter
x/x
Noun
reschedule
x/x
Verb
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
resources
/xx
Noun
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
return
x/
Noun, Verb
review
x/
Noun, Verb
revolve around
x/x/
Phrase, Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
sec
/
Noun
see
/
Verb, Noun
seize
/
Verb
send
/
Verb, Noun
show
/
Verb, Noun
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slur
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun