cross-refer

US: (krôs′ri fûr′, kros′-)

Inflections of 'cross-refer' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

cross-refers

v 3rd person singular

cross-referring

v pres p

cross-referred

v past

cross-referred

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ˈcross-reˈfer,  v. [~ + object] , -ferred, -fer•ring. 

1. to refer to (some information) by a cross reference:
   The book cross-refers the word gallon to quart and quart back to gallon.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cross-re•fer  (krôs′ri fûr′, kros′-), v.t., v.i., -ferred, -fer•ring. 

1. to refer by a cross reference.

• 1905–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

cross-refer verb

1. to refer from one part of something, esp a book, to another