Thesaurus results for REFERRED

referred

verb

Definition of referred

past tense of refer

as in related

to have a relation or connection I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation

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Recent Examples of referred All of them either referred requests to other authorities or never responded. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 The judge also referred Alejandro Brito, a Coral Gables attorney who also represented Trump in the case, to the Florida Bar for potential disciplinary action. — Austin Horn july 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 Lofton texted that the returns needed to be amended and referred questions to Brookins. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Grok referred her to a Carnegie Mellon University article about the 2017 operation in Mexico City. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026 Spokespersons for Amtrak referred questions to the federal transportation department. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 In response to a lengthy list of questions, a university spokesperson referred Sportico to the Q&A and its previous statements, while declining further comment. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026 When reached for comment, a WNBA representative referred The Times to a statement released by the Fever on Wednesday. — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 The White House referred all questions about the shooting and Brouillette to ICE. — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for referred

Verb

There’s no way to prove that the cluster of cases are related or that the cancer diagnoses are linked to environmental exposure.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 24 July 2026
The mode also displays a message asking customers to solve payment or contract-related issues to regain complete access.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Definition of related

Verb

Saber sufrir, knowing how to suffer, is used in sister Romance languages Italian (saper soffrire) and French (savoir souffrir), with both often applied to football.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
For it to be applied to actual electrical generation, researchers still need to overcome obstacles such as overall conversion efficiency.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026

Definition of applied

Verb

The investigation pertained to incidents that occurred in February.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Mickelson was one of the most popular players on the PGA Tour before his controversial move to LIV and comments about his Saudi backers, and his career survived some unsavory headlines, several of which pertained to gambling.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026