referent

[ ref-er-uhnt ]
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noun
  1. the object or event to which a term or symbol refers.

  2. Logic. the first term in a proposition to which succeeding terms relate.

Origin of referent

1
1835–45; <Latin referent- (stem of referēns), present participle of referre.See refer, -ent

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referent

/ (ˈrɛfərənt) /


noun
  1. the object or idea to which a word or phrase refers: Compare sense (def. 12)

Origin of referent

1
C19: from Latin referens, from referre to refer

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