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referent
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referent
n.
something which is referred to, something to which attention is directed
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Referent
A referent is a person or thing to which a linguistic expression or other symbol refers. For example, in the sentence Mary saw me, the referent of the word Mary is the particular person called Mary who is being spoken of, while the referent of the word me is the person uttering the sentence.
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referent
Noun
1. something referred to; the object of a reference
(hypernym) meaning, significance, signification, import
(hyponym) antecedent
2. the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
(hypernym) term
3. something that refers; a term that refers to another term
(hypernym) term
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Referent (der)
nm.
speaker, talker; lecturer; expert, person skilled in a particular area
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référent
nm.
referent, something which is referred to, something to which attention is directed
référer
v.
refer, send, direct
