"referent" meaning in English

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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
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            "Sciences",
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        "(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to."
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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        },
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          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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            "linguistics",
            "human-sciences",
            "sciences",
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          "word": "referentti"
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          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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          "word": "tarkoite"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "referente"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "referent"
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          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "that which a term denotes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cyfeirair"
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        "That which is referenced."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛf(ə)ɹənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛfəɹənt/",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "refer",
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        "(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to."
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
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        "That which is referenced."
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      "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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      "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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        "sciences"
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      "word": "tarkoite"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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      "sense": "that which a term denotes",
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