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henvise

verbverb

to refer (someone somewhere) · to refer to, to cite

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. sende videre til behandling (et annet sted) to refer, to pass on (for treatment or handling elsewhere)
    • legen henviste meg til en spesialist the doctor referred me to a specialist
    • saken ble henvist til domstolen the case was referred to the court
  2. vise til, peke på;
    referere
    to refer to, to point to;
    to cite
    • forfatteren henviser stadig til utenlandsk faglitteratur the author constantly refers to foreign academic literature
    • tallene i registeret henviser til sidetallene i boka the numbers in the index refer to the page numbers in the book

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

være henvist til være nødt til;
være overlatt til
to have no choice but to;
to be left to
Eng. phraseto be reduced to
  • de var henvist til å leve et liv i fattigdom they were forced to live a life of poverty