coreferent

1. 1.

   related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction

   “two expressions are coreferent if they denote the same object or individual”

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Questions about coreferent

What does coreferent mean?

coreferent means "related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction".

How many syllables are in coreferent?

coreferent has 4 syllables and divides as co-re-fe-rent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is coreferent a common word?

coreferent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.