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/ɹɛfəˈɹɛnʃəl/ · adjective
Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other..
Thus, the referential location of “town” in an utterance “Went to town”, is simply to be conceived as that location which might also be referred to by “there”, “the place we visited last Thursday”, “your birthplace”, etc.
Above all, the referential approach has proved durable and especially flexible.
In the first place, it must be pointed out that the bond with the past is inferential rather than referential.
Use referential when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Referential means Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other..
Common synonyms include denotive, denotative.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thus, the referential location of “town” in an utterance “Went to town”, is simply to be conceived as that location which might also be referred to by “there”, “the place we visited last Thursday”, “your birthplace”, etc.
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