Associations to the word «Referent»

Wiktionary

REFERENT, noun. (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
REFERENT, noun. That which is referenced.

Dictionary definition

REFERENT, noun. Something referred to; the object of a reference.
REFERENT, noun. The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate.
REFERENT, noun. Something that refers; a term that refers to another term.
REFERENT, adjective. Having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment".

Wise words

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?
Dhammapada