CROSS-REFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-refer mean? 

• CROSS-REFER (verb)
  The verb CROSS-REFER has 1 sense:

1. refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists

  Familiarity information: CROSS-REFER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSS-REFER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cross-refer    ... he / she / it cross-refers   
Past simple: cross-referred   
Past participle: cross-referred   
-ing form: cross-referring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cross-refer" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s to somebody