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Definition of Referent

1. Noun. Something referred to; the object of a reference.

2. Adjective. Having reference. "Judgments referent to the indictment"

3. Noun. The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate.

4. Noun. Something that refers; a term that refers to another term.

Definition of Referent

1. Noun. (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes. ¹

2. Noun. That which is referenced. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Referent

1. something referred to [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Referent

reference to reference values reference variable reference work reference works referenceable referenced referenceless references referencing

referenda referendaries referendary referendum referendums referent (current term) referential referential integrity referentiality referentially

referentless referents referer referers refering referment refermentation refermentations refermented refermenting

Literary usage of Referent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"(referent) und Kirsten, A. Prüfung i les Alfa-Pony-Separators Modell 1899 für Dampfbetrieb. ... referent ..."

2. The Training of Teachers for Secondary Schools in Germany and the United States by John Franklin Brown (1911)
"The co-referent is asked to supplement this report, and then all the ... This criticism is followed by that of the referent, co-referent, and other members. ..."

3. The Training of Teachers for Secondary Schools in Germany and the United States by John Franklin Brown (1911)
"The co-referent is asked to supplement this report, and then all the ... This criticism is followed by that of the referent, co-referent, and other members. ..."

4. Suggestions for Teachers in Evening Elementary Schools by Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education, Nina J. Beglinger (1920)
"Performance on the Lorge-Thorndike Non-Verbal Intelligence Tests Intellectual Ability The referent Group D pupils averaged as many as 7.6 IQ points behind ..."

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