"refer" meaning in English

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  "hyphenation": "re‧fer",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "The teacher referred to some research, but I didn't know what he meant."
        },
        {
          "text": "The media refers to the war as \"the troubles\"."
        },
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          "text": "He referred to her only by her first name."
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        "If you refer to something, you talk or write about it, usually in passing."
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          "text": "You should refer to the dictionary to find the meaning."
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        "If you refer to a book or other source of information, you check it."
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        {
          "text": "The numbers refer to last year's sales."
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        "If x refers to y, x is about y."
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      "enpr": "rī-fû",
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      "enpr": "rī-fûr",
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      "ipa": "/rɪˈfɝ/",
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  "hyphenation": "re‧fer",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "The teacher referred to some research, but I didn't know what he meant."
        },
        {
          "text": "The media refers to the war as \"the troubles\"."
        },
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        "If you refer to a book or other source of information, you check it."
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