different between furtherance vs refer

English

Etymology

From further +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??(?).ð?.??ns/

Noun

furtherance (countable and uncountable, plural furtherances)

1. The act of furthering or helping forward
2. Promotion.
3. Advancement or progress.

English

Etymology

From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-fû, IPA^(key): /???f??/
• (US) enPR: r?-fûr, IPA^(key): /???f?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: re?fer

Verb

refer (third-person singular simple present refers, present participle referring, simple past and past participle referred)

1. (transitive) To direct the attention of.

2. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

3. (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.

4. (intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

5. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
6. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.
7. (education) Required to resit an examination.

Synonyms

• delegate
• direct

Derived terms

• refer to
• refer someone to

Related terms

• reference
• referral
• relate
• relative
• relation
• relationship

Translations

Further reading

• refer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ferre, Freer, Frere, freer

Catalan

Etymology

re- +? fer (“to do”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??fe/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?fe?/

Verb

refer (first-person singular present refaig, past participle refet)

1. to redo

Conjugation

Further reading

• “refer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refer” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “refer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

refer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of refer?