semantics
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- IPA: /sɪˈmæntɪks/
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semantics (plural semantics)
- (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
- Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
- The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
- The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
- The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
- The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.
[edit] Derived terms
- algebraic semantics
- axiomatic semantics
- computational semantics
- denotational semantics
- formal semantics
- lexical semantics
- mathematical semantics
- operational semantics
- statistical semantics
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science of the meaning of words
study of the relationship between words and their meanings
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individual meanings of words
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