semantics

/sɪˈmæntɪks/

noun 5

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ADJ.

big, duller, lexical, related

VERB + SEMANTICS

arguing, bogged, matter, playing

SEMANTICS + NOUN

ben, class, modification, notation, purpose, science, stein

PREP.

about, down, in, in, on, on, than, with

ADV.

always

Definitions

noun

A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

Holonym: linguistics

Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology

The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.

In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.

The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.

In very ancient or poorly documented languages, the precise semantics of words tend to be uncertain.

The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.

The semantics of the terms used are debatable.

The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

file sharing and locking semantics

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Holonym: linguistics

Wiktionary

Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology

Wiktionary

lexical semantics

Wiktionary

Prosody semantics is related to pragmatics.

Tatoeba · #663088

What could be duller than a semantics class with Ben Stein?

Tatoeba · #754156

It's all a matter of semantics.

Tatoeba · #1529440

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