What is the meaning of referent?

noun

  • Something referred to; the object of a reference.
  • The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate.
  • Something that refers; a term that refers to another term.

adjective

  • Having reference.
    • usage: "judgments referent to the indictment"
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