Hyphenation of refer

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word refer? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-fer

Definitions of refer:

1.	Make reference to His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
2.	Be relevant to There were lots of questions referring to her talk My remark pertained to your earlier comments
3.	Think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another This plant can be referred to a known species
4.	Send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision Refer a patient to a specialist Refer a bill to a committee
5.	Seek information from You should consult the dictionary Refer to your notes
6.	Have as a meaning `multi-' denotes `many'
7.	Use a name to designate Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary

Synonyms of refer:

verb	mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, think of, have in mind, mean
verb	pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
verb	classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
verb	send, direct
verb	consult, look up, research
verb	denote, mean, intend

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.