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referent

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
referent/ˈrɛf(ə)r(ə)nt/

▶noun Linguistics the thing in the world that a word or phrase denotes or stands for.

'referent' also found in these Oxford entries:

apposition - referential - retronym

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"this" as a referent
Referent for 'him'
The referent of "it"
What’s the referent of "it" in this sentence?

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