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referent

DEFINITIONS OF: referent

1

n something referred to; the object of a reference

Types:
antecedent
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
denotatum
an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression
designatum
something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
Type of:
import, meaning, significance, signification
the message that is intended or expressed or signified

n something that refers; a term that refers to another term

Type of:
term
a word or expression used for some particular thing

n the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate

Type of:
term
one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

adj having reference

“judgments referent to the indictment”
Synonyms
denotative, denotive
having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
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