- containing a reference
- used for reference
Origin of referential
from reference (as if from Classical Latin an unverified form referentia) + -al
Jennifer uses a referential book to prepare dinner for her family.
The definition of referential is a person or thing that contains or is used as a reference.
An example of a referential book when making dinner is a cook book.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
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Sentence Examples
- Referential language development-A style of language development in which a child first speaks single words and then joins words together into two- and three-word sentences.
- In referential language development, children first speak single words and then join words together, first into two-word sentences and then into three-word sentences.
WORDS NEAR referential IN THE DICTIONARY
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