riferire

Definitions of riferire
  1. verb
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
    synonyms: informare, portare
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    insegnare
    impart skills or knowledge to
    imbottire, riempire
    supply with information on a specific topic
    aggiornare
    bring up to date; supply with recent information
    minimizzare, sdrammatizzare
    represent as less significant or important
    denunciare, manifestare
    give away information about somebody
    disingannare
    free from deception or illusion
    ammonire, avvisare
    notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
    avvisare, notificare
    inform (somebody) of something
    introdurre, presentare, presentarsi
    cause to come to know personally
    pentirsi, rimpiangere
    express with regret
    accennare, additare, indicare, mostrare, segnare
    indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
    indicare
    to state or express briefly
    consigliare
    suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
    chiarificare, chiarire, enucleare, esplicare, esprimersi, illustrare, spiegare, spiegarsi
    make plain and comprehensible
    raccontare
    let something be known
    avvitarsi, contare, narrare, novellare, parlare, raccontare
    narrate or give a detailed account of
    riportare
    to give an account or representation of in words
    accusare, denunciare
    make known to the authorities
    affermarsi, annunciare, annunziare, imporsi
    make known; make an announcement
    certificare, comprovare, pubblicare
    provide evidence for
    addestrare, istruire
    create by training and teaching
    catechizzare
    teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
    avviare, dirigere, incanalare, indirizzare
    give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
    distrarsi, divagare, svagarsi
    lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
    catechizzare
    give religious instructions to
    ricompensare, rimeritare
    strengthen and support with rewards
    comprovare
    provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
    mentire
    tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
    amplificare, caricare, esagerare, gonfiare, ingigantire, ingrandire, pompare
    to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    banalizzare, involgarire
    make trivial or insignificant
    abbacinare, abbagliare, fottere, gabbare, illudere, ingannare
    cause someone to believe an untruth
    ammonire
    warn strongly; put on guard
    intimidire, minacciare
    to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
    allarmare, sbigottire, sgomentare
    warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
    esibire
    formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
    indicare
    be a signal for or a symptom of
    captare, cattivarsi, immatricolare, registrare
    indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
    registrare, segnalare
    point out carefully and clearly
    affermarsi, aprire, dischiudere, divulgare, esporre, imporsi, manifestare, nascere, palesare, rivelare, sbottonarsi, schiudere, scoprire, svelare, tradire
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
    interpretare
    give an interpretation or explanation to
    autorizzare, giustificare
    give reasons for
    naturalizzare
    explain with reference to nature
    appianare, chiarificare, chiarire, esplicare, illustrare, precisare, puntualizzare, rasserenare, risolvere, sciogliere, serenare, spiegare
    make clear and (more) comprehensible
    iterare, reiterare, replicare, ribattere, ricantare, ridire, rinnovare, ripetere
    to say, state, or perform again
    annunciare, auspicare, azzeccare, indovinare, preannunziare, preconizzare, predire, presagire, prevedere, pronosticare, vedere
    foreshadow or presage
    lacrimare, piangere, proclamare
    proclaim or announce in public
    reclamizzare
    call attention to
    appostare
    publicize with, or as if with, a poster
    addurre, apportare, citare, invocare, portare
    advance evidence for
    introdurre
    bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
    rispecchiare, riverberare
    manifest or bring back
    sonare, suonare
    announce by means of a sound
    dare, impartire, rinunciare, rinunziare
    transmit (knowledge or skills)
    condizionare
    establish a conditioned response
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    comunicare, infondere, ispirare, manifestare, mettere, trasmettere
    transmit thoughts or feelings
  2. verb
    to give an account or representation of in words
    synonyms: riportare
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    informare, portare
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
  3. verb
    attribute or credit to
    synonyms: ascrivere, attribuire, imputare
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    personificare, simboleggiare
    attribute human qualities to something
    imputare, palleggiare
    attribute responsibility to
    interiorizzare
    incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
    type of:
    considerare, contare, giudicare, reputare, ritenere, stimare, tenere, trovare, valutare
    form a critical opinion of
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