The meaing of a phrase "have as a referent"
So I was looking the verb "refer to" up in a dictionary.
In https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/refer it has this definition: "refer to(of a word or phrase) describe or denote; have as a referent"
I actually have 2 questions:
1. What does this phrase "(of a word or phrase)" relate to? Subject or object? For example: The telephone (subject) refers to a device (object) which allows you to make phone calls.
2. What does "have as a referent" mean? what does it relate to?
Well these aren't 2 questions but 4 
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DVBC 1. What does this phrase "(of a word or phrase)" relate to? Subject or object?
- DVBC 1.
- What does this phrase "(of a word or phrase)" relate to?
- Subject or object?
- Subject.
- DVBC For example: The telephone (subject) refers to a device (object) which allows you to make phone calls.
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DVBC1. What does this phrase "(of a word or phrase)" relate to? Subject or object?
Subject.
DVBCFor example: The telephone (subject) refers to a device (object) which allows you to make phone calls.
Note that it is the word "telephone" that refers to the device, not the telephone itself. The word should therefore b
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