referent: Meaning and Definition of

ref•er•ent

Pronunciation: (ref'ur-unt), [key]
— n.
  1. the object or event to which a term or symbol refers.
  2. the first term in a proposition to which succeeding terms relate.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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