1. something referred to; the object of a reference • Hypernyms: meaning, significance, signification, import • Hyponyms: antecedent, denotatum, designatum 2. the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate • Hypernyms: term 3. something that refers; a term that refers to another term • Hypernyms: term
II - adjective
having reference - judgments referent to the indictment • Similar to: denotative, denotive • Derivationally related forms: reference