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How to pronounce “refer”

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Pronunciation guide for refer

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of refer with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Stuff of Thoughta reference location or coordinate frame? Well, you can imagine an ideal hypothetical
Definition summary: (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)

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The Stuff of Thought

a reference location or coordinate frame? Well, you can imagine an ideal hypothetical

[Verb]
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
(transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
(transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
(intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
(intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.
(grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
(intransitive, programming) To point to either a specific location in computer memory or to a specific object. [with to]
(transitive, education) To require to resit an examination.
(intransitive, of a term or name) To have the meaning of, to denote.
[Noun]
(journalism) A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its slug or headline and its page number.