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noun
The relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: grammatical relation
Narrower terms: reflexivity, reflexiveness
History
From co- + reference.
Across languages
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