Definitions for referral
rɪˈfɜr əlre·fer·ral

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 6 votes

1. referralnoun

   a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group

   "the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones"

2. referralnoun

   a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred

   "the insurance company says that you need a written referral from your physician before seeing a specialist"

3. referralnoun

   the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. referralnoun

   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. referralnoun

   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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. referral

   A referral is an act or instance of directing someone to a different place, source, or person for information, help, or individualized service. It often refers to the process of recommending a person or service, or forwarding someone to a specialist or professional for assistance or further consultation.

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Referral

   Sending a patient from one practitioner to another for health care services.

Matched Categories

1. • Case
   • Forwarding
   • Recommendation

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'referral' in Nouns Frequency: #2646

How to pronounce referral?

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of referral in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of referral in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of referral in a Sentence

1. Rachel Freedman:

   It possible that initial point of referral is very important for treatment and trajectory.

2. Laxmi Mehta:

   We know rates of heart attacks in young women are lower than in young men, the death rates may be higher in women due to underuse of guideline-derived medical therapies and lower referral rates to cardiac rehab in women.

3. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele:

   The family with a lot of resources that has a strong educational background ... is going to raise concerns earlier and is going to push for a referral, whereas the family without those resources won't necessarily push, or be in a position to push in the same way.

4. Merrick Garland:

   If the House of Representatives votes for a referral of a contempt charge, the Department of Justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. It will apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution.

5. David Kendall:

   Quite predictably, after the IC (intelligence community) IG (inspector general) made a referral to ensure that materials remain properly stored, the government is seeking assurance about the storage of those materials.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=referral
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Referral
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=referral