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Vocabulary Entry
referent
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A person or thing to which a reference is made.
Example Sentences
"The researcher chose a specific referent to illustrate their theory."
"In the sentence, the word 'it' has the referent 'the book'."
"The referent for this study is the population living in urban areas."
V
verb
To refer to or mention specifically.
Example Sentences
"In your paper, you must referent the sources you used."
"The lawyer will referent the previous case in her argument."
"The article doesn’t clearly referent the data it is based on."