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referral

  • /ɹɪˈfɜː.ɹəl/ UK
  • /ɹɪˈfɝ.əl/ Canada, US
  • /ɹɪˈfɜː.ɹəl/ Australia
  • [ɹɨ̞ˈfɜː.ɹəl] Australia
  • /ɹəˈføː.ɹəl/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɜːɹəl

noun referrals

  1. countable, uncountable The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring. The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor. I can't just go to the specialist; a GP has got to refer me.
  2. countable, slang, uncountable A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral. After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: refer, referring, presentation, directions, referencing, introduction, reference, consultation, consultative, guideline, counseling, inquiry, counselling, assignment, recommendation, allocation

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noun act or process of transferring

Españolremisión, derivación, referimiento
中文转介 zhuǎnjiè, 转诊 zhuǎnzhěn
Portuguêsencaminhamento
DeutschÜberweisung
Русскийнаправле́ние napravlénije, реферал referal
العربيةإِحَالَة ʔiḥāla

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@misc{referral_2026,
  title = {referral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/referral},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}