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# referral

«referral» in Mova's school dictionary: **the act of sending someone to another person or place…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a referral, referrals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A referral is the act of sending someone to another person or place that can help them better, especially from a family doctor to a specialist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#m1)

2) A referral is also the letter or note that does this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#m2)

3) (money, business) A referral is when a customer recommends a shop or service to someone else, sometimes for a reward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and adult life, a GP gives a referral to a hospital specialist. In school, a teacher may make a referral to a school nurse, counsellor or speech therapist. In shops and apps, "refer a friend" schemes give rewards for referrals. Phrases: "get a referral", "a referral to", "referral letter", "self-referral".

### examples

- The doctor gave my brother a referral to an eye specialist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#x1)
- We are waiting for a referral letter from the hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#x2)
- My teacher made a referral to the speech therapist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#x3)
- The dentist sent a referral to the orthodontist about my teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#x4)
- The gym gives you a free month for every referral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#x5)
- Most of the shop's new customers come from referrals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/#x6)

### note

Countable: a referral, referrals. Verb: refer ("the doctor referred me"), past: referred (double r). Spelled with double r and one l: referral. In UK health care, you usually need a referral from a GP to see a specialist.

### In the corpora

- [A food bank is a charity that gives free food parcels, usually after a referral from someone like a school or a doctor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «referral» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/referral/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.