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referent
ref·er·ent R0114500 (rĕf′ər-ənt, rĭ-fûr′ənt)n. A person or thing to which a linguistic expression refers.referent (ˈrɛfərənt) nthe object or idea to which a word or phrase refers. Compare sense12[C19: from Latin referens, from referre to refer]ref•er•ent (ˈrɛf ər ənt, ˈrɛf rənt)
n. the object or event to which a term or symbol refers. [1835–45; < Latin referent- (s. of referēns), present participle of referre. See refer, -ent] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | referent - something referred to; the object of a referencemeaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"antecedent - the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoundenotatum - an actual object referred to by a linguistic expressiondesignatum - something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression | | 2. | referent - the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relateterm - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" | | 3. | referent - something that refers; a term that refers to another termterm - a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms" | | Adj. | 1. | referent - having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"denotative, denotive - having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming |
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Words related to referentnoun something referred toRelated Words- meaning
- signification
- import
- significance
- antecedent
- denotatum
- designatum
noun the first term in a propositionRelated Wordsnoun something that refersRelated Wordsadj having referenceRelated Words |