referent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having reference

   judgments referent to the indictment

2. 2
   noun

   The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:referent.

3. 3
   noun

   something that refers

4. 4
   noun

   the first term in a proposition

5. 5
   noun

   something referred to

6. 6
   noun

   That which is referenced.

Etymology

From refer + -ent.