DESIGNATUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does designatum mean? • DESIGNATUM (noun)
The noun DESIGNATUM has 1 sense:
1. something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
Familiarity information: DESIGNATUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DESIGNATUM (noun)
Meaning:
Something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("designatum" is a kind of...):
referent (something referred to; the object of a reference)
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