Referent

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  • noun. A person or thing to which a linguistic expression refers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Referring; containing a reference; noting one of two terms which have a certain relation to each other. The referent is the term from which the relation proceeds.
  • noun. One who is referred to; a referee.
  • noun. A word which refers to another.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
  • noun. That which is referenced.
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  • adjective. having reference
  • noun. something that refers; a term that refers to another term
  • noun. something referred to; the object of a reference
  • noun. the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate