| NOUN | communication | referent | something referred to |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | referent | the first term in a proposition | |
| communication | referent | something that refers | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | referent | having reference |
| Meaning | Having reference. | |
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| Example | "judgments referent to the indictment" | |
| Broader | denotative, denotive | Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming |
| Nouns | reference | the most direct or specific meaning / meaning of a word or expression |
| Meaning | Something referred to; the object of a reference. | |
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| Narrower | antecedent | The referent of an anaphor |
| denotatum | An actual object referred to by a linguistic expression | |
| designatum | Something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression | |
| Broader | meaning, significance, signification, import | The message that is intended or expressed or signified |
| Spanish | referente | |
| Catalan | referent | |
| Meaning | The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate. | |
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| Broader | term | One of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition |
| Meaning | Something that refers; a term that refers to another term. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | term | A word or expression used for some particular thing |
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