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referent

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɛfərənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrɛfərənt, ˈrɛfrənt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ref′ər ənt)

ref•er•ent /ˈrɛfərənt, ˈrɛfrənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

the object or event to which a word, term, or symbol points or refers.

See -fer-.

ref•er•ent (ref′ər ənt),USA pronunciation n.

the object or event to which a term or symbol refers.
Philosophy[Logic.]the first term in a proposition to which succeeding terms relate.

Latin referent- (stem of referēns), present participle of referre. See refer, -ent
1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

referent /ˈrɛfərənt/ n

the object or idea to which a word or phrase refers

Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin referens, from referre to refer

'referent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

demonstrative - denotation - descriptive - direct object - epicene - gender - intension - interrogative - object - plural - singular - vocative - which - an - article - ary - concrete - dah - dit - EER - grammatical gender - indefinite pronoun - natural gender - number - onomatopoeia - passive noun - predicate noun - referential - retronym

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