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as in mentionas in direct, guideas in concern, applyas in seek information

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referred

verb as in mention

Strongest matches

  • assign
  • attribute
  • cite
  • hint
  • indicate
  • introduce
  • invoke
  • point out
  • specify

Strong matches

  • accredit
  • adduce
  • advert
  • allude
  • ascribe
  • associate
  • charge
  • credit
  • designate
  • excerpt
  • exemplify
  • extract
  • glance
  • impute
  • insert
  • instance
  • interpolate
  • lay
  • name
  • notice
  • point
  • quote

Weak matches

  • bring up
  • direct attention
  • give as example
  • make allusion
  • make mention of
  • make reference
  • put down to
  • speak about
  • speak of
  • touch on

verb as in direct, guide

Strongest matches

  • commit
  • deliver
  • hand over
  • introduce
  • pass on
  • recommend
  • send
  • submit
  • transfer
  • turn over

Strong matches

  • consign
  • point
  • relegate

Weak matches

  • hand in
  • put in touch

verb as in concern, apply

Strongest matches

  • answer
  • connect
  • deal with
  • involve
  • relate

Strong matches

  • appertain
  • belong
  • cover
  • encompass
  • hold
  • include
  • incorporate
  • pertain
  • point
  • regard
  • touch

Weak matches

  • be a matter of
  • be about
  • be directed to
  • be relevant
  • bear upon
  • correspond with
  • have a bearing on
  • have reference
  • have relation
  • have to do with
  • take in

verb as in seek information

Strongest matches

  • advise
  • apply
  • go

Strong matches

  • commune
  • confer
  • consult
  • recur
  • repair
  • resort
  • run
  • turn

Weak matches

  • have recourse
  • look up
  • turn to

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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