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Referent

//ˈɹɛf(ə)ɹənt// noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    having reference wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:referent."

  2. 2
    something that refers; a term that refers to another term wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is referenced.
  4. 4
    the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate wordnet
  5. 5
    something referred to; the object of a reference wordnet

Etymology

From refer + -ent.

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