referral
(noun) the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
referral
(noun) 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”
referral
(noun) a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group; “the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
referral (countable and uncountable, plural referrals)
The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
(slang) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
