referent

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun something referred to; the object of a reference
  2. noun the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
  3. noun something that refers; a term that refers to another term

Etymology

From refer + -ent.

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