REFERENT


Meaning of REFERENT in English

/ref"euhr euhnt/ , n.

1. the object or event to which a term or symbol refers.

2. Logic. the first term in a proposition to which succeeding terms relate.

[ 1835-45; referent- (s. of referens ), prp. of referre. See REFER, -ENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .