Related Words for refer to

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referring
x/x
Verb, Verb
reference
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Noun
referent
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Noun
referential
xx/x
Adjective
the word
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Phrase, Adjective
describe
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Verb
referral
x/x
Noun
look at
//
Phrase, Verb
relate
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Verb
define
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Verb
look to
//
Phrase, Verb
according
x/x
Verb
look up
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Phrase, Verb
regard
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Noun
check out
//
Phrase, Verb
point to
//
Phrase
mention
/x
Noun
relative
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Adjective
consult
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Verb
think of
/x
Phrase, Verb
definition
xx/x
Noun
identify
x/xx
Verb
explain
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Verb
recommend
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Verb
interpret
x/x
Verb
read out
//
Phrase, Verb
answer
/x
Noun
look on
//
Phrase, Verb
quote
/
Noun
read in
/x
Phrase, Verb
invoking
x/x
Verb
meaning
/x
Noun
recognize
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Verb
reply
x/
Noun
check
/
Noun
answer to
/x/
Phrase, Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
confer
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Verb
respond
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Verb
phrase
/
Noun
refereed
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Noun
words
/
Noun
description
x/x
Noun
provide
x/
Verb
represents
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Verb
reflect
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Verb
turn to
//
Phrase, Verb
correct
x/
Adjective
return
x/
Noun
terminology
xx/xx
Noun
what about
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
reverse
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Noun
source
/
Noun
relate to
x//
Phrase
rephrase
x/
Verb
linking
/x
Verb
review
x/
Noun
visit
/x
Noun
according to
x/x/
Phrase
pronounce
x/
Verb
activate
/xx
Verb
call on
//
Phrase, Verb
allude to
x//
Phrase
comprehend
xx/
Verb
chapter
/x
Noun
control
x/
Noun
absolute
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Adjective
citing
/x
Verb
lookup
/x
Noun
calling
/x
Verb
abusing
x/x
Verb
actions
/x
Noun
addicted
x/x
Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adduce
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Verb
advert
xx
Noun, Verb
affect
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Verb, Noun
aim
/
Noun, Verb
allocate
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Verb
allude
x/
Verb
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appoint
x/
Verb
are
/
Noun
ascribe
x/
Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assets
/x
Noun
assign
x/
Verb, Noun
assignment
x/x
Noun
assist
x/
Verb, Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
banish
/x
Verb
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bear on
//
Phrase, Verb
believe
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Verb
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bereaved
x/
Adjective
bottomless
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Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
broach
/
Verb, Noun
browse
/
Noun, Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
citation
x/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
come back
//
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
commend
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Verb, Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
communicate
x/xx
Verb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
consequent
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Adjective, Noun
consign
x/
Verb
consultation
xx/x
Noun
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
contingencies
x/xx
Noun
convey
x/
Verb
correspond
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Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
deaf
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
debt
/
Noun
defer
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Verb
deferral
x/x
Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
denote
x/
Verb
deport
x/
Verb
derive
x/
Verb
designate
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Verb, Adjective
direct
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dis
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Noun, Verb
disabled
x/x
Adjective, Noun
discipline
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Noun, Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
dismiss
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Verb
dismissal
x/x
Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dredge up
//
Phrase, Verb
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
dyslexic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
emphasise
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Verb
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
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
footnote
/x
Noun, Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
guide
/
Noun, Verb
handicapped
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Adjective, Noun
hark back
//
Name, Verb, Name
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
hint
/
Noun, Verb
how
/
Adverb, Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
indebtedness
x/xx
Noun
indicate
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Verb
indigent
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Adjective, Noun
infrastructure
xx/x
Noun
insurances
x/xx
Noun
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
involve
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Verb
irreversibility
xx/x/xx
Noun
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
look
/
Verb, Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
needs
/
Noun, Adverb
needy
/x
Adjective
nominate
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Verb, Adjective
note
/
Noun, Verb
orient
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Name, Verb, Adjective
overweight
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pertain
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Verb
pervert
/x
Noun, Verb
please
/
Verb, Adverb
point
/
Noun, Verb
pose
/
Verb, Noun
postpone
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Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
proton
/x
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
query
/x
Noun, Verb
raise
/
Verb, Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
recommit
x/x
Verb, Noun
recourse
/x
Noun, Verb
relegate
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
rely
x/
Verb
remand
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Noun, Verb
remember
x/x
Verb
remind
x/
Verb, Noun
remit
x/
Noun, Verb
removal
x/x
Noun
remove
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Verb, Noun
reporter
x/x
Noun
reschedule
x/x
Verb
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
resources
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Noun
revert
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Verb, Noun
revolve around
x/x/
Phrase, Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
sec
/
Noun
see
/
Verb, Noun
seek
/
Verb, Noun
seize
/
Verb
send
/
Verb, Noun
services
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Noun
show
/
Verb, Noun
signal
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
signify
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Verb
slur
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Noun, Verb