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referent

ref·er·ent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ref-er-uh nt]
    • /ˈrɛf ər ənt/
    • /ˈrɛfərənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ref-er-uh nt]
    • /ˈrɛf ər ənt/

Definitions of referent word

  • noun referent the object or event to which a term or symbol refers. 1
  • noun referent Logic. the first term in a proposition to which succeeding terms relate. 1
  • noun referent the object or idea to which a word or phrase refers 0
  • noun referent something referred to 0
  • noun referent the object, concept, event, etc. referred to by a term or expression 0
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Origin of referent

First appearance:

before 1835
One of the 34% newest English words
1835-45; < Latin referent- (stem of referēns), present participle of referre. See refer, -ent

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Parts of speech for Referent

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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referent popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for referent

noun referent

  • analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
  • denotatum — (linguistics, philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent.
  • designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
All 3 Synonyms of referent

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Related words

  • -ary

    of; related to; belonging to

  • -eer

    indicating a person who is concerned with or who does something specified

  • grammatical gender

    gender based on arbitrary assignment, without regard to the referent of a noun, as in French le livre (masculine), “the book,” and German das Mädchen (neuter), “the girl.”.

  • indefinite pronoun

    a pronoun, as English some, any, somebody, that leaves unspecified the identity of its referent.

  • natural gender

    gender based on the sex or, for neuter, the lack of sex of the referent of a noun, as English girl (feminine) is referred to by the feminine pronoun she, boy (masculine) by the masculine pronoun he, and table (neuter) by the neuter pronoun it.

  • onomatopoeia

    the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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