referral en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- audio Queensland
- /ɹɪˈfɝ.əl/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ɹɪˈfɜː.ɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ɹɨ̞ˈfɜː.ɹəl] (Australia) weak vowel merger
- /ɹɪˈfɜː.ɹəl/ (Australia)
- /ɹəˈføː.ɹəl/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Etymology tree English refer Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English referral From refer + -al.
Meanings
-
(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.
-
(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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| referrals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
rereferral · referral marketing · prereferral · referral spam · nonreferral
Relateds
Translations (19)
nl verwijzing (act or process of transferring) · es remisión (act or process of transferring) · ar إِحَالَة (act or process of transferring) · ru реферал (act or process of transferring) · da henvisning (act or process of transferring) · cmn 转介 (act or process of transferring) · pt encaminhamento (act or process of transferring) · pl skierowanie (act or process of transferring) · sh upućivanje (act or process of transferring) · fi lähete (act or process of transferring) · es derivación (act or process of transferring) · bg отнасяне към (act or process of transferring) · cmn 转诊 (act or process of transferring) · oc remandament (act or process of transferring) · hu beutaló (act or process of transferring) · ru направле́ние (act or process of transferring) · es referimiento (act or process of transferring) · de Überweisung (act or process of transferring) · bg отпращане (act or process of transferring)