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Noun referent has 3 senses

• referent(n = noun.communication) Array - something referred to; the object of a reference; Array
is a kind of import, meaning, significance, signification
has particulars: antecedent, denotatum, designatum

• referent(n = noun.communication) Array - the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate; Array
is a kind of term

• referent(n = noun.communication) Array - something that refers; a term that refers to another term; Array
is a kind of term

Adjective referent has 1 sense

• referent(s = adj.all) Array - having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"
Derived form noun reference₆

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

referent

affective meaning, bearing, coloring, connotation, consequence, denotation, drift, effect, essence, extension, force, gist, grammatical meaning, idea, impact, implication, import, intension, lexical meaning, literal meaning, meaning, overtone, pertinence, pith, point, practical consequence, purport, range of meaning, real meaning, reference, relation, relevance, scope, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, span of meaning, spirit, structural meaning, substance, sum, sum and substance, symbolic meaning, tenor, totality of associations, transferred meaning, unadorned meaning, undertone, value

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